Benchmarking in public procurement

Benchmarking

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 782-793

  Raymond, Jeanette ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Procurement; Public procurement; Public sector organizations; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649102495     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770810915940     Document Type: Review

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