Matching “environmental performance” and “quality performance”: A new competitive business strategy through global efficiency improvement

The TQM Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 497-508

  Giancarlo, Barbiroli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business environment; Corporate strategy; Quality awareness

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; CORPORATE STRATEGY; MANAGING QUALITY; QUALITY AWARENESS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27144444965     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780510627606     Document Type: Article

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