Product quality as a determinant of product innovation: An empirical analysis of the global automotive industry

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-147

  Lin, Liang Hung ^a   Lu, Iuan Yuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Product innovation; Product quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644619863     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 13600613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360500450434     Document Type: Article

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