A path analytic model of quality practices, quality performance, and business performance

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 494-513

  Fynes, Brian ^a   Voss, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design Quality; Empirical Research; Path Analysis; Quality Practices and Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013202223     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2001.tb00089.x     Document Type: Article

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