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Lesson Drawing: The Congruence of Policy Transfer and Benchmarking

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

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Title Lesson Drawing: The Congruence of Policy Transfer and Benchmarking
 
Creator Mokhtar, Khairiah Salwa; Political Science, School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Haron, Mahmod Sabri; Marketing, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia
 
Subject Political Science
Policy transfer, benchmarking, lesson drawing
 
Description This paper attempts to examine the concepts of policy transfer and benchmarking. It provides a critical review of the underpinnings of both concepts and tries to demonstrate similarities between them. Political scientists define policy transfer as a process of learning in which government policy makers (of various kinds) across the globe observe the responses of their counterparts to similar problems. Policy transfer encompasses various activities through which knowledge is used in the development of policy anywhere in time or space. In marketing, benchmarking is defined as searching for best practices that lead to better or even excellent performance. In other words, it is a structured procedure that analyzes a process to find improvement opportunities. Based on empirical studies of the privatization of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and marketing excellence in the Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the authors attempt to discuss similarities between policy transfer and benchmarking and identify basic criteria that underpin them. KEYWORDS: Policy transfer, benchmarking, lesson drawingDOI: 10.3860/apssr.v7i2.499 Asia-Pacific Social Science Review Vol.7(1) 2007 pp.65-76
 
Publisher De La Salle University
 
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Date 2008-07-07
 
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Identifier http://www.philjol.info/philjol/index.php/APSSR/article/view/499
10.3860/apssr.v7i2.499
 
Source Asia-Pacific Social Science Review; Vol 7, No 2 (2007); 65-76
 
Language en
 
Coverage Malaysia
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