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Total Quality Management & Business Excellence Volume 17, 2006 - Issue 6
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TQM implementation: Does the legal system matter?

Vasanthakumar N. Bhat Lubin School of Business, Pace University, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 685-690 | Published online: 24 Jan 2007

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