The effects of ISO 9001 on firms' productive efficiency

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1146-1165

  Tzelepis, Dimitris ^a   Tsekouras, Kostas ^a   Skuras, Dimitris ^a   Dimara, Efthalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Costs; Greece; ISO 9000 series; Technology led strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747147730     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570610691111     Document Type: Article

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