Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an assessment methodology that can be used to evaluate performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector. Design/methodology/approach – This area of the study focuses on the assessment of performance in...

This paper reports on a survey of performance measurement practices within a sample of Canadian government departments. The empirical findings indicate that performance measures were frequently used in the sample organisations and that these measures were, mainly, used to enhance programme...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an assessment methodology that can be used to evaluate performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector. Design/methodology/approach – This area of the study focuses on the assessment of performance in...

The ability to measure performance is both fundamental to and critical in successful product development. Previous research has focused on adding new measurements, not on evaluating those currently used. The performance measurement evaluation matrix (PMEX) is a tool to evaluate the...

Purpose This paper aims to inquire about the types of measurements used by international university rankings and their connection to the higher education institutions’ (HEIs) third mission activities, namely, the contribution to society. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a...

Zusammenfassung Touristische Destinationen müssen sich permanent den veränderten Marktbedingungen anpassen. Die Aufgaben werden vielfältiger und sind nur in Netzwerken unter Einbeziehung der jeweils wichtigsten Partner aus der Destination zu bearbeiten. Die Kernaufgabe der DMO 3.0 ist damit...

A Strategy map is a visual interpretation of business´ tasks and the successive steps needed to accomplish these goals. This article is dealing with the fact that the use of the Strategy map is usually connected only with a big company. The aim is to show that small companies could use this...