...Marios Trigkas; Ioannis Papadopoulos; Glykeria Karagouni Purpose The study aims to analyse the wood and furniture innovation system in the region of Thessaly, Greece, and the recording and benchmarking of innovative activity of enterprises in order to detect best practices applied, and to propose...

... only after project completion (Happonen, 2001). Ilkka Jokioinen can be contacted at: ilkka.jokioinen@metso.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Product development Performance criteria Benchmarking Industrial performance Industrial R&D can be seen...

...Pervaiz K. Ahmed; Mohamed Zairi Notes that benchmarking is an under‐utilised tool in the field of innovation. Examines consumer brands in the UK cosmetics and toiletries sector and attempts to use both soft and hard metrics in terms of benchmarking measurement. Considers various types...

... chain however may not necessarily mean structural and methodological changes but the ability to move away from conventional and rigid approaches characterised by a win/lose approach. Benchmarking Retail trade Supply‐chain management The order size means, the higher the latter...