Global quality management programmes: How to make their implementation more effective and less culture dependent

Total Quality Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-32

  Shih, Li Chung ^a   Gurnani, Haresh ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0348164840     PISSN: 09544127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544129710413     Document Type: Article

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