A study of the use of business improvement initiatives: The association with company size and level of national development

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 507-524

  Adebanjo, Dotun ^a   Tickle, Matthew ^b   Laosirihongthong, Tritos ^c   Mann, Robin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

China India; developed vs developing world; improvement initiatives; SMEs vs large firms; TQM

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS; CHINA/INDIA; DEVELOPING WORLD; IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES; NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMES VS LARGE FIRMS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 84931574513     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2014.927931     Document Type: Article

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