Measuring Business Excellence: Volume 18 Issue 2

Moving towards agility: the contribution of a modified balanced scorecard system

Bruce Gurd, Panayiotis Ifandoudas

– The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how agility as a central focus of an organization can be achieved through a modified balanced scorecard (BSC) system.

Linking strategy with open innovation and performance in SMEs

Maria Crema, Chiara Verbano, Karen Venturini

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the linkages between company’s strategy, open innovation and innovation performance, focusing on small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In…

Adapting the high performance organization framework to the Thai context

Andre A. de Waal, Robert Goedegebuure, Chiraprapha Tan Akaraborworn

The purpose of this study is evaluate whether the high performance organization (HPO) framework can satisfy the recent urgent request of Thai business leaders to create a unique…

The relationship between NPD innovation and NPD performance: the moderating role of NPD best practices in Indian manufacturing industry

Kalluri Vinayak, Rambabu Kodali

The purpose of the study is to study the relation between new product development (NPD) innovation and NPD best practices in an organization with respect to NPD performance in the…

Analysis of the profitability of the Spanish business sector with investment presence in China

Quico Marin-Anglada, Fernando Campa-Planas, Ana Beatriz Hernandez-Lara

This article aims to compare the average profitability by sector for companies that have invested in China during 2008-2011, with the average profitability for Spanish firms from…

Measuring corporate sustainability: a Thai approach

Sooksan Kantabutra

This study aims to measure the Thai approach of corporate sustainability. In the corporate world, the Thai philosophy of Sufficiency Economy can be applied to ensure corporate…