Quality value-chain: a meta-synthesis of frontiers of quality movement

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The increased attention given by US industry to quality has made evident the varied perceptions regarding its practice. The evolution of quality control as a business philosophy is traced and specific proponents of the practice are emphasized. These gurus of quality include W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, Armand V. Feigenbaum, Kaoru Ishikawa, Genichi Taguchi, Philip Crosby and David Kearns. The analysis of these varied approaches to quality management shows that successive proponents sought more expansive domains for quality within an organization.

Quality management, Business enterprises

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Opening new frontiers: do early entrants really reap long-term rewards?

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A research was conducted on the nature of market competition in industries such as the Internet in which imitation and entry can be easily accomplished. Two arguments which offer different views on the sustainability of strategic management were presented. One argument says that a competitive advantage can be developed by early entrants that will bring high market share while hypercompetition researchers believe that early advantage can not be sustained.

Telegraph & other communications, Marketing, Management, Internet service providers, Marketing management, Sustainable development

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Examining the effects of contextual factors on TQM and performance through the lens of organizational theories: an empirical study

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The application of organizational theories, for the contextual empirical analysis of quality control processes and organizational behavior in business enterprises, is described.

Canada, Quality Control Management, Usage, Bureaucracy, Organizational behavior, Organizational behaviour, Organization theory

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