Quality management and performance: An annotated review

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 5625-5643

  Ebrahimi, Mehran ^a   Sadeghi, Mehran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

performance; QM practices; quality management

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATIVE MANAGEMENTS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; QM PRACTICES;

INDUSTRY; RESEARCH;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84884596499     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.793426     Document Type: Review

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