A comparative study of critical quality factors in Malaysia, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Libya

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 189-200

  Najeh, Ramadan I ^a   Kara Zaitri, Chakib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical investigation; International benchmarking; Quality culture; Quality factors; Total Quality Management (TQM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847420415     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360601053400     Document Type: Review

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