Benchmarking U.S. manufacturing performance - analysis and dynamics Dan Luria
	Director Performance Benchmarking Service Industrial Technology Institute 2901 Hubbard Road Ann Arbor, MI 48106
	e-mail: ddl@iti.org
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Dr. Daniel Luria has over 20 years of experience as a researcher and industry analyst. He is the
executive director of the Industrial Technology Institute's Performance Benchmarking Service
(PBS), which supplies customized benchmarking reports to smaller manufacturers. Prior to joining ITI, Luria was an economist in the Research Department of the International Union, UAW in Detroit. Co-author of three books, his work has appeared in the Harvard Business Review, the International Review of Applied Economics, and The American Prospect. He received a MA from the University of Michigan (1972), and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts (1976).

Publications on the web

Daniel Luria, "But Where are the Jobs?: A Friendly Critique of Clintonomics" The American Prospect no. 14 (Summer, 1993).

Daniel Luria, "Toward Lean or Rich? What Performance Benchmarking Tells Us About SME Performance and Some Implications for Extension Centers Services and Mission." In: Shapira and Youtie (Eds), Manufacturing Modernization: Learning from Evaluation Practices and Results, 1997. [ACROBAT *PDF]