The impact of TQM institutionalization on transactions cost calculations in customer-supplier relationships

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 477-503

  Bates, Kimberly A ^a   Hollingworth, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY CONTROL; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 3242800352     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dth019     Document Type: Article

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