Impact of ISO 9000 certification on performance of SMEs: A study of Indian industry

International Journal of Management Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 226-239

  Sachdeva, Anish ^a   Bhardwaj, Arvind ^a   Sharma, Vishal S ^a  

^a DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cost of quality; Empirical analysis; External quality; ISO 9000; Organisational performance; Quality management practices; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846308141     PISSN: 14779064     EISSN: 17418143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2007.011522     Document Type: Article

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