Benchmarking: An International Journal: Volume 25 Issue 6

Organizational logic to prioritize between the elements of triple bottom line

Rocio Rodriguez, Goran Svensson, David Eriksson

The purpose of this paper is to assess both private and public organizations in order to compare the similarities and differences between the organizational priority logic of TBL…

R&D portfolio management practices in Brazilian electric power utilities

Eduardo K. Yamakawa, Thayla T. Sousa-Zomer, Paulo A. Cauchick-Miguel, Catherine P. Killen

Project portfolio management (PPM) has been recognized as critical for the productivity of research and development (R&D) investments, but empirical research on PPM use and…

A study of e-Research and its relation with research data life cycle: a literature perspective

Shivam Gupta, Claudia Müller-Birn

The traditional means of pursuing research by having all the parameters and processes under one roof has given way to collaborative mechanisms of performing the same task…

Decomposition of efficiency using DEA window analysis: A comparative evidence from Islamic and conventional banks

Fekri Ali Shawtari, Milad Abdelnabi Salem, Izzeldin Bakhit

The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically the efficiency types of Islamic and conventional banks. It seeks to show whether the efficiency level of conventional and…

Quantitative tool for market sector strategic analysis

Rogério dos Santos Morais, Carlos Roberto Camello Lima

A competitive business strategy with a greater chance of success depends on an accurate quantitative analysis of business strategic factors prevailing in a company. The purpose of…

Performance assessment and capital budgeting based on performance

Mojtaba Ghiyasi

The purpose of this paper is to propose two performance-based capital budgeting (PBCB) approaches. The proposed approaches aim to assign limited capital within different firms…

Benchmarking manufacturing industries based on green practices

Kuldip Singh Sangwan, Kailash Choudhary

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to develop a statistically reliable and valid model of performance measures (PMs) to observe the environmental behavior of different…

Estimating the efficiency of Greek banking system during the last decade of world economic crisis: An econometric approach

Zois Sompolos, Maria Mavri

The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficiency of the four largest Greek banking organizations for the period 2004–2014, including both a period of strong economic growth…

Benchmarking the logistics management implementation using Delphi and fuzzy DEMATEL

Sachin Kumar Mangla, Sunil Luthra, Suresh Kumar Jakhar, Mohit Tyagi, Balkrishna Eknath Narkhede

From last few decades, logistics management (LM) constitutes a global concern among organization’s supply chain (SC) to improve their business effectiveness. The purpose of this…

Benchmarking accountability of local government authorities in public procurement in Tanzania: A methodological approach

Monsiapile Gaudence Agapto Kajimbwa

Public management work has tended to ignore the application of benchmarking accountability of local government authorities (LGAs) in public procurement. To that effect, the…

Evaluating the key performance indicators for supply chain information system implementation using IPA model

Kunal Ganguly, Siddharth Shankar Rai

To enhance the transparency of the supply chain and ensure proper dissemination of information among the supply chain members in a timely manner, more and more companies are…

Wine business performance benchmarking: a comparison of German and Ukrainian wineries

Anatoliy G. Goncharuk

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare the efficiency of wine making in Germany and Ukraine in order to find the controllable factors of wine business performance…

Privacy protection laws and public perception of data privacy: The case of Dubai e-health care services

Jawahitha Sarabdeen, Immanuel Azaad Moonesar

The move toward e-health care in various countries is envisaged to reduce the cost of provision of health care, improve the quality of care and reduce medical errors. The most…

Application of combined MADM methods as MOORA and PSI for ranking of FMS performance factors

Vineet Jain

Due to the increasing demand of customer and competitive market pressure, manufacturing organizations should be modernized in strategies, production operations, processes and its…

Measuring the invisible: A key performance indicator for managing construction logistics performance

Fei Ying, John Tookey, Jeff Seadon

Construction logistics is an essential part of Construction Supply Chain Management for both project management and cost aspects. The quantum of money that is embodied in the…

A SERVQUAL approach to identifying the influences of service quality on leasing market segment in the German financial sector

Usha Ramanathan, Sandar Win, Andreas Wien

The purpose of this paper is to determine the nature of the relationship between service quality and desired customer behaviours in the leasing market using an appropriate service…

Analysis of barriers to sustainable tourism management in a protected area: A case from India

Nidhi Yadav, Naresh Chandra Sahu, Dukhabandhu Sahoo, Devendra K. Yadav

The purpose of this paper is to explore the barriers to sustainable tourism management (STM) implementation in a protected area (PA) of a developing country, India, by taking a…