Examining the impact of speed of quality improvement on quality-related costs

Decision Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 623-646

  Foster Jr , S Thomas ^a   Adam Jr , Everett E ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Case Study; Empirical Research; Learning; Mathematical Modeling; Quality; Total Quality Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030327251     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1996.tb01829.x     Document Type: Article

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