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Article: Activity based management and performance measurement systems.
- Article from:
- Government Finance Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 1999
- Author:
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Advanced capabilities associated With modern enterprise financial systems now provide a vehicle by which governments can realize the goals of measuring performance and capturing costs of core business activities. The author describes the impact of such systems on public-sector decision-making capabilities.
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