Impact of TQM on company's performance

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-37

  Kumar, Vinod ^a   Choisne, Franck ^a   De Grosbois, Danuta ^b   Kumar, Uma ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business performance; Canada; Performance management; Quality awards; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249102769     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710910924152     Document Type: Article

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