Impact of quality management practices on quality performance and financial performance: evidence from Indian manufacturing companies

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2016, Pages 507-530

  Parvadavardini, S ^a   Vivek, N ^a   Devadasan, S R ^a  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

financial performance; path modelling; quality management; quality performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925425608     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2015.1015411     Document Type: Article

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