Benchmarking of thesis research: A case study

Benchmarking

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-123

  Shahalizadeh, Mohammad ^a   Amirjamshidi, Grannaz ^b   Shahalizadeh, Solmaz ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Iran; Knowledge management; Sweden; Theses; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249142535     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770910936540     Document Type: Article

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