Competitive strategy, TQM practice, and continuous improvement of international project management: A contingency study

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-183

  Jung, Joo Y ^a   Wang, Yong Jian ^b   Wu, Sibin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Project management; Total quality management; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349098227     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710910928806     Document Type: Article

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