ISO 9000: Integration rationales and organizational impacts

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-247

  Boiral, Olivier ^a   Roy, Marie Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ISO 9000 series; Organizational effectiveness; Organizational performance; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846674813     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570710720630     Document Type: Article

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