The relationship between quality management practices and their effects on quality outcomes

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 483-501

  Tarí, Juan José ^a   Molina, José Francisco ^a   Castejón, Juan Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuous quality improvement; ISO 9000; Path analysis; Quality management; Spain

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SPAIN; STANDARDS;

CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; ISO 9000; PATH ANALYSIS;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34250009986     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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