Does the Balanced Scorecard make a difference to the strategy development process

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 888-899

  Tapinos, E ^a   Dyson, R G ^b   Meadows, M ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

balanced scorecard; performance measurement management; Strategy development process; survey

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

BALANCED SCORECARDS; INTERNATIONAL SURVEY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGY PROCESS;

PLANNING;

EID: 79953648270     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.99     Document Type: Article

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