The balanced scorecard in China: Does it work?

Business Horizons

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 611-620

  Zeng, Kaisheng ^a   Luo, Xiaohui ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; China; Cultural difference; Effectiveness; Emerging economy; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882647134     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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