Quality management implementation across different scenarios of competitive structure: An empirical investigation

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2975-2995

  Fuentes Fuentes, M M ^a   Llorens Montes F J ^a   Albacete Saez C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competitive forces; Decision making; Environment; Quality management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROFITABILITY;

COMPETITIVE FORCES; COST REDUCING-ORIENTED QM; CUSTOMER POWER;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249110305     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500410135     Document Type: Article

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