Large firms versus small firms - do they implement CI the same way?

TQM Magazine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-110

  Chapman, Ross L ^a   Sloan, Terry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS (CI); SMALL-TO-MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032680033     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544789910370680     Document Type: Article

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