Mapping product usability

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 22, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 1071-1089

  Babbar, Sunil ^a   Behara, Ravi ^a   White, Edna ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Product design; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036036029     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570210446315     Document Type: Article

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