Conclusion
- Disconnect between academic world and vendors on efficiency measurement offers opportunity
- Although steps have been taken to achieve consensus among stakeholders, more work needs to be done
- Typology can assist in structuring more explicit discussions about key issues
- Scientific soundness of both academic and vendor-developed measures is largely unknown
- Ability of potential users to act on the results of these measures is not well understood
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