Managing knowledge for quality assurance: An empirical study

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-124

  Yang, Jie ^a  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing; Product quality; Quality assurance; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149074166     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710810846907     Document Type: Article

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