Quality-related action programs: Their impact on quality performance and firm performance

Decision Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 885-902

  Curkovic, Sime ^a   Vickery, Shawnee ^b   Dröge, Cornelia ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive supply industry; Manufacturing strategy; Quality; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012052887     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2000.tb00947.x     Document Type: Article

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