Impact of ISO 9000 registration on company performance: Evidence from Malaysia

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-516

  Naser, Kamal ^a   Karbhari, Yusuf ^a   Zulkifli Mokhtar, Mohammad ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Science and Technology   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Financial performance; ISO 9000 series; Malaysia; Quality; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992989173     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900410530510     Document Type: Review

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