Practice of performance measurement: experience from Indian SMEs

International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-213

  Sharma, Milind Kumar ^a   Bhagwat, Rajat ^a   Dangayach, Govind Sharan ^b  

^a JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

globalisation; Performance Indicators (PIs); Performance Measurement System (PMS); Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs); survey questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902275882     PISSN: 14793059     EISSN: 14793067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGSB.2005.008014     Document Type: Article

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