Impact of TQM and organizational learning on innovation performance in the high-tech industry

International Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-225

  Hung, Richard Yu Yuan ^a   Lien, Bella Ya Hui ^b   Yang, Baiyin ^c   Wu, Chi Min ^d   Kuo, Yu Ming ^b  

^a San Kuei Investment Group   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Innovation performance; Organizational learning; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952440562     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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