Global quality norms within national production regimes: ISO 9000 standards in the French and German car industries

Organization Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 961-985

  Casper, Steven ^a   Hancké, Bob ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Organizational adjustment; Performance; Quality standards; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039258340     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840699206003     Document Type: Article

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