Effect of quality management on competitive performance in manufacturing companies: International perspective

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-177

  Anh, Phan Chi ^a   Matsui, Yoshiki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competitive performance; Empirical research; International comparison; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549093757     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2009.023185     Document Type: Article

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