Sustained quality management: How to receive the Swedish quality award twice

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 42-59

  Palmberg, Klara ^a   Garvare, Rickard ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Insurance companies; Organizational culture; Quality awards; Quality management; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344473268     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710610637541     Document Type: Article

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