The impact of TQM on financial performance

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-50

  Eriksson, Henrik ^a   Hansson, Jonas ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Implementation; Performance; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077511     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040310466717     Document Type: Review

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