A comprehensive view on research excellence

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 507-521

  Khosravi, Ali ^a   Chavan, Meena ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

knowledge management; Nobel Prize; research performance; scientific excellence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863526034     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2012.669537     Document Type: Article

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