The penetration of ISO 9000 certification in Greek industries

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-527

  Lagodimos, A G ^a   Dervitsiotis, K N ^a   Kirkagaslis, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Certification drivers; Penetration; Profitability; Quality systems; Size

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144470159     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360500078649     Document Type: Article

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