Benchmarking and operational performance: Some empirical results

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1046-1058

  Voss, Christopher A ^a   Åhlström, Pär ^a   Blackmon, Kate ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Manufacturing strategy; Organizational learning; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543057032     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579710177059     Document Type: Review

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