New product warranty: A literature review

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-260

  Murthy, D N P ^a,b   Djamaludin, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Management; Manufacturing; New products; Product warranty

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY;

PRODUCT WARRANTY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0037063775     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(02)00153-6     Document Type: Article

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