Quality management practices and competitive performance: Empirical evidence from Japanese manufacturing companies

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 518-529

  Phan, Anh Chi ^a,b   Abdallah, Ayman Bahjat ^c   Matsui, Yoshiki ^b  

^a Vietnam National University Ha Noi   (Viet Nam)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Competitive performance; Empirical study; Japanese quality management; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; JAPANESE MANUFACTURING; JAPANESE QUALITY MANAGEMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; STRATEGIC WEAPONS;

COMPETITION; QUALITY CONTROL;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80051548383     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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