Benchmarking: An International Journal: Volume 14 Issue 5

Benchmarking the Slovenian competitiveness by system of indicators

Art Kovačič

This paper aims to evaluate Slovenian competitiveness by quantitative and by qualitative methods, and tries to explain why some countries develop faster than others.

Bi‐negotiation integrated AHP in suppliers selection

Yee‐Ming Chen, Pei‐Ni Huang

This paper seeks to propose a new approach for tackling the uncertainty and imprecision of identifying suitable supplier offers, evaluating these offers and choosing the best…

Cross‐benchmarking international competitiveness and performance in human language technologies

Brian Kenny, Julia Meaton

Competitive success as a nation requires balancing commercial innovativeness and social welfare, which results in a sound basis for socio‐economic development. All potential…

Benchmarking strategy deployment practices

Max Saunders, Robin Mann, Robin Smith

The purpose of this paper is to describe how managers from a network of organisations formed and operated as a team to work on a benchmarking project. The project had the dual…

Benchmarking the performance of design‐build projects: Development of project success index

Edmond W.M. Lam, Albert P.C. Chan, Daniel W.M. Chan

The paper aims to develop a project success index (PSI) to benchmark the performance of design‐build projects from a number of key performance indicators (KPIs).

Assessing the changing role, attitudes and knowledge of UK business advisors to the benefits of benchmarking and benchmarking tools

Mark Jaques, Barry Povey

This paper aims to examine the changing attitudes to diagnostic benchmarking tools of UK business advisors over the last five years, during a period of considerable restructuring…

Internet editorial

Ronald E. McGaughey