Quality management in global firms

TQM Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 396-402

  Lagrosen, Stefan ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culture (sociology); Multinational companies; Quality management; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CULTURE (SOCIOLOGY); DECENTRALIZATION; MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 9144261763     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780410563310     Document Type: Review

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