DOI: 10.5937/jaes11-4856
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Increasing
competition on a global market forces enterprises to increase the efficiency of
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performed also within the frame of benchmarking initiative. The aim of this
paper is to draw up the benchmarking concept of small sized construction company,
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to identify the set of performance indicators that can be measured and
evaluated. It has been found out that firm size is limiting factor for
application of benchmarking in the company, as well as unavailability of all
necessary data. However, it was concluded that even a limited form of
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