Performance measures and quality tools in Portuguese small and medium enterprises: Survey results

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-307

  Sousa, Sérgio D ^a,b   Aspinwall, Elaine ^a   Sampaio, Paulo A ^b   Rodrigues, A Guimarães ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

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EID: 16644396675     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360500054434     Document Type: Article

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