Best practice benchmarking in the UK

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-61

  Hinton, Matthew ^a   Francis, Graham ^a   Holloway, Jacky ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Book reviews and reviewing; Gay literature; Lesbian literature; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986019153     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770010314954     Document Type: Article

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