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Challenges and Barriers of Performance Measurement Systems: Lessons from Different Initiatives Within One Single Organization

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Many organizations are unable to implement successfully performance measurement systems. There is still a lack in the literature of a better understanding of the challenges and barriers faced by these organizations and what needs to be done to overcome them. This paper develops an empirical study to enhance this understanding.

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de Mendonça, P.R.C., Monteiro, M.M., Scavarda, L.F., Rocha, J. (2020). Challenges and Barriers of Performance Measurement Systems: Lessons from Different Initiatives Within One Single Organization. In: Leiras, A., González-Calderón, C., de Brito Junior, I., Villa, S., Yoshizaki, H. (eds) Operations Management for Social Good. POMS 2018. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23816-2_64

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