The quality of manufactured products in Britain and Germany

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 421-438

  Jarvis, Valerie ^a   Prais, S J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING; PRODUCT QUALITY;

UK, GERMANY;

EID: 0031418535     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692179700000027     Document Type: Article

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