Approaches to quality management in the UK: Survey evidence and implications

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-454

  Soltani, Ebrahim ^a   Lai, Pei Chun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Quality awards; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547419691     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770710761852     Document Type: Article

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