The Business Genome Project and the advancement of business practice

European Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-349

  Wilkinson, Ian F ^a   Crossfield, Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Business Genome Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business analysis; Business development; Business performance; Ideas generation; Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349091329     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340810886602     Document Type: Article

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