Competing through modern quality principles: A forward management approach

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4-6, 1998, Pages 291-304

  Zairi, Mohamed ^a,b   Youssef, Mohamed A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Forward management; Quality programs; TQM

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL;

FORWARD ENGINEERING; FORWARD MANAGEMENT; QUALITY PROGRAMS;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031641655     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.1998.002684     Document Type: Article

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