Working on high performance in Asia: The case of Nabil Bank

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 29-38

  de Waal, André ^a   Frijns, Miriam ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Banking; Nepal; Organizational performance; Performance management systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350320396     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040910984301     Document Type: Article

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