European foundation for quality management business excellence model: An integrative review and research agenda

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 684-701

  Kim, Dong Young ^a   Kumar, Vinod ^a   Murphy, Steven A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business Excellence Model; European Foundation for Quality Management; Quality awards; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954234338     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656711011054551     Document Type: Article

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