Competitive advantage through e-operations

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 659-675

  Barnes, David ^a,b   Hinton, Matthew ^a   Mieczkowska, Suzanne ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 16644382910     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478336032000053816     Document Type: Conference Paper

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