Approaches to adopting quality in SMEs and the impact on quality management practices and performance

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 555-566

  Prajogo, Daniel I ^a   Brown, Alan ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ISO 9000; Performance outcomes; Quality approaches; SMEs; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745381251     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360600588042     Document Type: Review

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