Management by measurement: Designing key indicators and performance measurement systems

Management by Measurement: Designing Key Indicators and Performance Measurement Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-242

  Franceschini, Fiorenzo ^a   Galetto, Maurizio ^a   Maisano, Domenico ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

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EID: 84892194361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73212-9     Document Type: Book

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