Performance evaluation of private universities based on balanced scorecard: Empirical study based on Iran

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 696-714

  Zolfani, Sarfaraz Hashemkhani ^a,b   Ghadikolaei, Abdolhamid Safaei ^c  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b SHOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

ANP; Balanced Scorecard (BSC); DEMATEL; Private universities; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890200306     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2012.665383     Document Type: Article

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