The Application of Niven's Balanced Scorecard in a Not-For-Profit Organization in Hong Kong: What Are the Factors for Success?

Journal of Asia Business Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-33

  Kwokwah Yeung, Allen ^a   Connell, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Hong Kong; Not for profit; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149386206     PISSN: 15587894     EISSN: 15592243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15587890680001302     Document Type: Review

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