Benchmarking for Competitive Advantage

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-09-01
Publisher(s): Ft Pr
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introductionp. 1
Total quality management, critical success factors and business processesp. 19
Origins and the development of benchmarkingp. 43
What it is all about: the benchmarking processp. 73
Databasesp. 89
Internal benchmarkingp. 97
External benchmarking and how to do itp. 115
Benchmarking in the public sectorp. 127
Benchmarking in other difficult areas: RandD, design and the creative service sectorp. 143
Relationship to international awards criteriap. 165
Legal aspectsp. 185
Do's and don'tsp. 203
Examples of benchmarking approaches and experiencesp. 217
Conclusions - the past, the present and the way forwardp. 243
Indexp. 245
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