ch. 1. Common sense about measures -- ch. 2. An introduction to standard accounting doctrine -- ch. 3. Measures in practice -- ch. 4. Measurement of performance -- ch. 5. Reforming measures -- ch. 6. A new model : productivity -- ch. 7. Spreading measures -- ch. 8. The measurement toolkit -- ch....

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