Measurement of performance at institutions of higher learning: the balanced score card approach

International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-212

  Krishnan, Anbalagan ^a   Mow Chan, Kwok ^a   Chandra Malar Jayaprakash, Jeya ^a   Shaikh, Junaid M ^a   Hassan Bin Md Isa, Abu ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

approach; balanced scorecard; BSC; higher learning institutes; Malaysia; measures; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920933835     PISSN: 17536715     EISSN: 17536723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMFA.2008.021242     Document Type: Article

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