Search Results - subject:"Competitive Benchmarking"

The association between benchmarking and organizational performance: an empirical investigation

Maiga, Adam S.; Jacobs, Fred A. - In: Managerial Finance 30 (2004) 8, pp. 13-33

This study examines the effect of four measures related to benchmarking and its successful implementation on organizational performance, controlling for size and industry. The four benchmarking measures are (1) internal preliminary competitive analysis, (2) external preliminary competitive...

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Assessing the Importance of Design Through Product Archaeology

Ulrich, Karl T.; Pearson, Scott - In: Management Science 44 (1998) 3, pp. 352-369

This paper assesses the importance of design in determining product costs by measuring the variation in design performance among a set of competing design efforts. This assessment is completed for a set of functionally similar products in a single product category: automatic drip coffee makers....

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Role of Monitoring and Controlling Quality in TQM

Parumasur, Sanjana Brijball; Govender, Patsy - ToKnowPress

and controlling quality (competitive benchmarking, continuous monitoring of sources of defects, statistical quality … quality takes place at a moderate pace in the organization with the greatest focus being on competitive benchmarking, followed … continuous monitoring of sources of defects and then competitive benchmarking. Research limitations: The study was undertaken in …

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