An empirical analysis of management attitudes towards ISO 9001:2000 in Egypt

TQM Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 381-390

  Magd, Hesham ^a   Curry, Adrienne ^b  

^a Dept of Comp and Support Studies   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Egypt; ISO 9000 series; Management attitudes; Quality; Supplier evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDIZATION;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; EGYPT; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF STANDARDS; MANAGEMENT ATTITUDES; SUPPLIER EVALUATION;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0346149985     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780310502714     Document Type: Article

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