A theory of benchmarking

Benchmarking

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 588-612

  Moriarty, John P ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Causation; Organizations; Sustainability; Taxonomy; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960294518     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635771111147650     Document Type: Article

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