TQM and ISO 9000 effects on knowledge transferability and knowledge transfers

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1001-1015

  Molina, Luis Miguel ^a   Montes, Fco Javier Lloréns ^a   Fuentes, Maria Del Mar Fuentes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ISO 9000; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge transferability; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543010789     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360410001681872     Document Type: Review

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