Developing balanced scorecards in local authorities: A comparison of experience

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 602-610

  Wisniewski, Mik ^a   Ólafsson, Snjólfur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Local government; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992963187     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400410561222     Document Type: Article

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