Investing in quality under autonomous and induced learning

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-555

  Serel, Dogan A ^a   Dada, Maqbool ^b   Moskowitz, Herbert ^b   Plante, Robert D ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

PRODUCT PERFORMANCE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0038136653     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170304415     Document Type: Article

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