TQM implementation: Does the legal system matter?

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 685-690

  Bhat, Vasanthakumar N ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Legal origin; Product liability; Total Quality Management; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746847276     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360600594206     Document Type: Article

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