Total quality as a new global competitive strategy

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1009-1025

  Mehra, Satish ^a   Agrawal, Surendra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Industry competitiveness; Quality; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844587649     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710310500824     Document Type: Article

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