The financial effects of ISO 9000 registration for Danish companies

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 15, Issue , 2000, Pages 47-52

  Häversjö, Tord ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ISO 9000; Performance; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444489499     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900010304632     Document Type: Article

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