A symbiosis of quality and innovation in SMEs: Amultiple case study analysis

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 394-399

  Mcadam, Rodney ^a   Armstrong, Gren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business development; Improvement; Innovation; Quality; Small tomedium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986105940     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900110398296     Document Type: Article

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