The mediator role of learning capability and business innovativeness between total quality management and financial performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 888-901

  Akgün, Ali E ^a   Ince, Huseyin ^a   Imamoglu, Salih Z ^a   Keskin, Halit ^a   Kocoglu, Ipek ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

business innovativeness; financial performance; organisational learning capability; total quality management

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATIVENESS; LEARNING CAPABILITIES; ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENTS (TQM);

FINANCE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84893704724     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.843796     Document Type: Article

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