Total quality management practices and results in food companies

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 668-687

  Psomas, Evangelos L ^a   Fotopoulos, Christos V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Food industry; Greece; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956845883     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410401011075657     Document Type: Article

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