The relationships between quality, innovation and business performance: An empirical study

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-405

  Prajogo, Daniel I ^a   Ahmed, Pervaiz K ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Business performance; Innovation; Process; Product; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648822950     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2007.013361     Document Type: Article

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