... by New Public Management trends. This paper aims to review the landscape of publications that discuss performance measurement (PM) practices in Australian and New Zealand local government contexts and identify implications for future research. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review...

... connections between key actors had allowed them to generate their own understanding in responding to new performance measures. As a consequence, the perceptions of other actors in relevant networks, as well as the implementation practices were influenced. Research limitations/implications This is a single...

...Carolyn Cordery and Rowena Sinclair; Belinda Luke; Jo Barraket; Robyn Eversole Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the growing emphasis on quantifiable performance measures such as social return on investment (SROI) in third sector organisations – specifically, social enterprise...

... performance might mean in the context of a Benedictine abbey. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Benedictine abbeys Performance Religious organizations Third sector Etymology Performance management Performance measures The remainder of this paper proceeds as follows. In Section 2...

...Zahirul Hoque; Maybelle Chia Purpose The purpose of this article is to explore how the strategic change following a corporate takeover impacted the nature and extent of use of the firm's management control systems (MCS), in particular its performance measurement system (PMS). Design/methodology...

.... Sustainability is expected to be achieved with “best practices,” of which management with performance measures is a component. The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of performance measures by three Kenyan MFIs, which are classified as formal and client based, and likely to use rational and explicit...