On horizontal deployment of quality approaches within a firm

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-177

  Foster Jr , S Thomas ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency theory; Contingent quality; Quality; Strategic quality; Tools of quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744463361     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2006.009499     Document Type: Article

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