Sustainability of benchmarking networks: A case-based analysis

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 109-124

  Adebanjo, Dotun ^a   Mann, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Business excellence; Business networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449122933     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360701602346     Document Type: Article

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