Performance measurement and management: A literature review and a research agenda

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-18

  Taticchi, Paolo ^a   Tonelli, Flavio ^b   Cagnazzo, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Literature; Performance management; Performance measures; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949318504     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683041011027418     Document Type: Review

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