ISO 9001 certification research: Questions, answers and approaches

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-58

  Sampaio, Paulo ^a   Saraiva, Pedro ^b   Rodrigues, António Guimarães ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assessment; ISO 9000 series; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249127822     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710910924161     Document Type: Article

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