Adoption of industry-specific quality management system standards: Determinants for auto component firms in India

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-107

  Singh, Neelam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Exports; Global value chains; India; Industry specific QMS Standard; QMS; QMS accredit; Quality management system; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956361146     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2010.029513     Document Type: Article

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