Cultural and economic determinants of managerial perceptions of quality

Journal of Asia-Pacific Business

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 3-23

  Yavas, Burhan F ^a   Konyar, Kazim ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national study; Culture; Quality perceptions; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344376022     PISSN: 10599231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/j098v04n04_02     Document Type: Article

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