An analysis of European textile sector competitiveness

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-35

  Bilalis, Nicholas ^a   Van Wassenhove, Luk N ^b   Maravelakis, Emmanuel ^c   Enders, Andreas ^d   Moustakis, Vassilis ^a   Antoniadis, Aristomenis ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d OCandC Strategy Consultant Company   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business excellence; Greece; Italy; Spain; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745868341     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040610652195     Document Type: Article

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