Suggesting and comparing different scopes on quality management: Production, service, relationship, and network

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 847-859

  Holmlund, Maria ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Network quality; Production quality; Quality management; Relationship quality; Scope on quality; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348865031     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360701350466     Document Type: Review

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