Applying quality award criteria in R&D project assessment

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 119-128

  Ojanen, Ville ^a   Piippo, Petteri ^b   Tuominen, Markku ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Valtra Oy Ab   (Finland)

Author keywords

Performance evaluation; Quality award criteria; R D projects; Self assessment; Total quality management (TQM)

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; EVALUATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

QUALITY AWARDS;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036839172     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(02)00247-5     Document Type: Article

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