Six Sigma business strategy in Taiwan: An empirical study

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Cheng, Jung Lang ^a  

^a CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Six Sigma; Total Quality Management; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249828654     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2007.013386     Document Type: Article

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