The effects of Six Sigma on corporate performance: An empirical investigation

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 521-532

  Shafer, Scott M ^a   Moeller, Sara B ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate performance; Event study; Process improvement; Six sigma

Indexed keywords

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; CONTROL GROUPS; CORPORATE PERFORMANCE; DISCRETE POINTS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY; EVENT STUDIES; OPERATING INCOME; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; RIGOROUS RESEARCH; SIX SIGMA;

BENCHMARKING; INDUSTRY; RESEARCH;

WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

EID: 84870248873     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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