Continuous improvement and the mini-company concept

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1188-1202

  De Leede, Jan ^a   Looise, Jan Kees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case studies; Continuous improvement; Kaizen; Organizational design; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033480996     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579910291087     Document Type: Review

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