John C. Anderson, Manus Rungtusanatham, Roger G. Schroeder, A Theory of Quality Management Underlying the Deming Management Method, The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 19, No. 3, Special Issue: "Total Quality" (Jul., 1994), pp. 472-509
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