Getting ready for kaizen: Organizational and knowledge management enablers

VINE

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 428-448

  Magnier Watanabe, Rémy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Innovation; Kaizen; Knowledge management; Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455155553     PISSN: 03055728     EISSN: 14741032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03055721111188520     Document Type: Review

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