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provide an objective benchmarking indicator for evaluating the achievement of the strategic goals of the company. Design … activities – as they deem fit. It is a tailor made benchmarking information system created by the firm for itself. Originality …
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management, environmental management and benchmarking. Findings – The literature suggests there is an opportunity to explore the …
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Purpose – Companies need to excel in many areas to achieve a competitive advantage. This, together with pressure imposed by regulators and customers regarding sustainability concerns, leads companies to address sustainability in an integrated fashion across all management processes. The...
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SMQE which envisages the evaluation of each cycle of SMQE performance. Applies benchmarking with suitable modifications to …. Suggests that the use of information technology (IT) for benchmarking SMQE would aid in improving strategic maintenance quality …
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Purpose – Finding groups of similarly performing organizations for strategic or tactical performance comparison has typically been done by either cluster or frontier analysis. Both present problems of definition and interpretation. Given the inevitable abstraction of any model it is desirable...
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Based on the findings of a large‐scale benchmarking study, this article highlights the strategies employed by best … six emerging knowledge management strategies discovered during the benchmarking process are provided. The article reveals …
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Purpose – Despite of the relevance of incubators, science and technology parks on technology diffusion, few studies have compared different systems of innovation to identify the main factors affecting their capability to support spin-offs. Although research on incubators has received increased...
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/value – This paper adopts the various benchmarking tools to improve a strategy and marketing processes for pharmaceutical companies.  … indicators and profitability of the local pharmaceutical company with a use of benchmarking tools. They can be useful for the …
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Purpose – To determine the current state of knowledge related to performance measures and their degree of implementation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in England. Design/methodology/approach – The paper starts with a literature review and then goes on to discuss the methodology...
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is to facilitate in depth discussion about a company's vision, strategy and critical success factors and translate them … into specific measures and objectives in action. Findings – The study shows that maintaining a vision and a strategy has … the mid‐1990s, has increased the competition and made maintaining a strategy all the more important. Adjustment to this …
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