Quality management practices and quality results: A comparison of manufacturing and service sectors in Taiwan

Managing Service Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-54

  Solis, Luis E ^a   Rao, Subba ^a   Raghu Nathan, T S ^a   Chen, Cho Young ^a   Pan, Shih Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Manufacturing; Quality management; Service; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992933531     PISSN: 09604529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09604529810199386     Document Type: Article

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