Strategic aspects of quality: A theoretical analysis

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 514-526

  Narasimhan, Ram ^a   Méndez, David ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic Models; Equilibrium Analysis; Quality; Quality Reputation; Sales Rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040377504     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2001.tb00090.x     Document Type: Article

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