Benchmarking: An International Journal: Volume 21 Issue 1

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An importance-performance analysis for supplier assessment in foreign-aid funded procurement

Shahadat Khan, Shams Rahman

Using a sample of executing agency executives, donor agency executives and supplying organisation executives, this study aims to identify the critical criteria for the assessment…

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Assessment of quality services through linguistic variables

Deise de Araújo Batista, Denise Dumke de Medeiros

Improvements in quality have a very important role to play in services because such improvements add greater flexibility and give clients greater confidence in the services…

Performance measures and metrics for the creative economy

D. Steven White, Angappa Gunasekaran, Matthew H. Roy

Creativity is becoming one of the most powerful sources of competitive advantage in the modern economy. As more developed economies progress from the tertiary (or service-based…

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Benchmarking Six Sigma implementation in services companies operating in an emerging economy

Paulo Augusto Cauchick Miguel, Marly Monteiro de Carvalho

The paper reports case studies conducted in services organizations that apply Six Sigma in an emerging economy. Aspects of human resources and full-time specialist…

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Adoption of quality management practices: An investigation of its relationship with labor productivity for labor-intensive manufacturing companies

Alemu Moges Belay, Fentahun Moges Kasie, Petri Helo, Josu Takala, Daryl J. Powell

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between quality management practice and labor productivity in labor-intensive manufacturing companies in a developing…

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Benchmarking the performance indicators of Indian Railway container business using data envelopment analysis

Neeraj Bhanot, Harwinder Singh

Indian Railways being sole government organization for infrastructure, operations and regulatory functions entered for competition in the container segment in January 2006 through…

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An investigation of lead benchmarking implementation: A comparison of small/medium enterprises and large companies

Masoomeh Zeinalnezhad, Muriati Mukhtar, Shahnorbanun Sahran

The purpose of this paper is to explore current levels of lead benchmarking implementation and lead performance indicators among Malaysian organizations. Comparing small and…

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Cover of Benchmarking: An International Journal

ISSN:

1463-5771

Online date, start – end:

1999

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof. Angappa Gunasekaran