A comparative study of quality management in Taiwan's and China's electronics industry

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 362-376

  Hopkins, Shirley A ^a   Nie, Winter ^b   Hopkins, Willie E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Electronics industry; Taiwan; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845445778     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710410530073     Document Type: Review

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