Process orientation: The Swedish experience

Total Quality Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 540-547

  Forsberg, Torbjorn ^a,b   Nilsson, Lars ^a   Antoni, Marc ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Intentia R and D   (Sweden)

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EID: 0033408310     PISSN: 09544127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954412997505     Document Type: Article

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