The knowledge value of customers and employees in product quality

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 691-706

  Chyi Lee, Ching ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Ming yu, li ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132517     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710110401419     Document Type: Article

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