From Kyoto to Singapore: The adoption of quality management in the services sector in Singapore

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 849-873

  Yong, Josephine ^a   Wilkinson, Adrian ^b  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0141567835     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478336032000090806     Document Type: Review

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