An empirical examination of benefits from implementing integrated management systems (IMS)

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-186

  Zeng, S X ^a   Xie, X M ^a   Tam, C M ^b   Shen, L Y ^c  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Benefits; Integrated management system; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951826711     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2010.530797     Document Type: Article

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