The impacts of acquiring ISO 9000 certification on the performance of SMEs in Tehran

TQM Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-149

  Bayati, Ali ^a   Taghavi, Allahvirdi ^b  

^a Project Management R and D Center (PMIR)   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; ISO 9000 series; Performance criteria; Performance management; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

IRAN; ISO 9000 SERIES; PERFORMANCE CRITERIA; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847246803     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780710729980     Document Type: Article

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