Relationship between quality management practices and knowledge transfer

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 682-701

  Molina, Luis M ^a   Lloréns Montes, Javier ^a   Ruiz Moreno, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Quality management

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFERS;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33947190899     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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