Performance measures, managerial practices and manufacturing technologies in Japanese manufacturing firms: State-of-the-art

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Abdel Maksoud, Ahmed ^a   Asada, Takayuki ^b   Nakagawa, Masaru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advancedmanufacturing technologies; AMTs; Contemporary management accounting practices; IMPs; Innovative Managerial Practices; Manufacturing firms; Non financial performance measures; SF; Shop Floor

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149129426     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2008.015917     Document Type: Article

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