An institutional theory of quality outcomes in strategic supply chain partnership

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 346-360

  Mellat Parast, Mahour ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924785993     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJQRM-09-2012-0133     Document Type: Article

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