Development and application of a benchmarking information system in clusters of SMEs

Benchmarking

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-306

  Carpinetti, L C R ^a   Oiko, O T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cluster analysis; Performance management; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849087201     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770810876601     Document Type: Article

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