Comparative study of Western and Japanese improvement systems

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 423-436

  Magaña Campos, Juan A ^a   Aspinwall, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 17044451058     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478336032000047246     Document Type: Article

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