Jordan Quality Award (King Abdullah II Award for Excellence (KAIIAE)): Characteristics, assessment and benchmarking

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-24

  Rawabdeh, Ibrahim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Business excellence; Jordan; Quality awards; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249091399     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770810854326     Document Type: Article

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