Kaizen strategy and the drive for competitiveness: Challenges and opportunities

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-211

  Smadi, Sami Al ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Continuous improvement; Organizational effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896711112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10595420910962070     Document Type: Article

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