The pursuit of quality in Hong Kong construction

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-306

  Kumaraswamy, Mohan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; ISO 9000; Quality systems; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993057956     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021036     Document Type: Review

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