Implementing Six Sigma in a non-American culture

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 404-428

  Schön, Karin ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Organisational change; Quality management; Six Sigma implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846849424     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2006.011568     Document Type: Article

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