ISO 9000 certification: The financial performance implications

Total Quality Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 217-231

  Wayhan, Victor B ^a   Kirche, Elias T ^a   Khumawala, Basheer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0036521910     PISSN: 09544127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544120120102450     Document Type: Article

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