Performance benchmarking in gas distribution industry

Benchmarking

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 548-559

  Goncharuk, Anatoliy G ^a  

^a ODESSA NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cost effectiveness; Data analysis; Gas industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749101935     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770810903141     Document Type: Article

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