TQM and financial performance: What has empirical research discovered?

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-412

  Wayhan, Victor B ^a   Balderson, Erica L ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Literature review; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248586030     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360701231716     Document Type: Article

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