Shortform version of the Benchmark Resilience Tool (BRT53)

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 3-14

  Whitman, Zach R ^a   Kachali, Hlekiwe ^a   Roger, Derek ^b   Vargo, John ^a   Seville, Erica ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b The Challenge of Change   (New Zealand)

^c Risk Strategies Research and Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Information modelling; Organizational performance; Quantification methodology; Resilience; Short form

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883660063     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MBE-05-2012-0030     Document Type: Article

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