The influence of top management commitment, process quality management and quality design on new product performance: A case of Malaysian manufacturers

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-300

  Mokhtar, Sany Sanuri Mohd ^a   Yusof, Rushami Zien ^a  

^a Universiti Utara Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysian manufacturers; New product performance; Quality orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951215315     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360903553198     Document Type: Article

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