Discovering effective performance measurement for e-business

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-345

  Hinton, Matthew ^a   Barnes, David ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Performance management; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649102725     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400910951008     Document Type: Article

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