A framework for international quality management research: Development and validation of a measurement instrument

Total Quality Management

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1047-1075

  Rao, S Subba ^a   Solis, Luis E ^b   Raghunathan, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 1542526094     PISSN: 09544127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954412997226     Document Type: Article

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