Obstacles to the creation of attractive quality

TQM Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-66

  Lilja, Johan ^a   Wiklund, Håkan ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Quality; Quality concepts; Quality management

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING FACILITIES; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

QUALITY; QUALITY CONCEPTS; QUALITY CREATION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 30644465574     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780610637695     Document Type: Article

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