Does benchmarking help?

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-350

  Ansell, J ^a   Moles, P ^a   Smart, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Manchester Business Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Fund management; Portfolio management; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548239528     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-3995.00411     Document Type: Article

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