Implementing and evaluating performance measurement initiative in public leisure facilities: An action research project

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-30

  Liu, Yi De ^a  

^a KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Action research; Benchmarking; Data envelopment analysis; Leisure facility; Performance measurement system

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549107148     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-008-9103-y     Document Type: Article

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