INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

of competitors and best-in-class companies [...] The objective
of benchmarking is to find examples of superior performance
and to understand the processes and practices driving that
performance. Companies then improve their performance by
tailoring and incorporating these best practices into their own
operations - not by imitating, but by innovating.” (Bain & Co.
quoted by Krell 2003)
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