International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences: Volume 1 Issue 2

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A meta analysis of ISO 9001:2000 research – findings and future research proposals

Evangelos L. Psomas, Christos V. Fotopoulos

The purpose of this paper is to review and classify the main findings of the studies undertaken on ISO 9001:2000 certified companies and to present future research proposals.

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Waiting in a queue with strangers and acquaintances: An integrative model of customer‐to‐customer interactions effect on waiting time evaluation

Haithem Zourrig, Jean‐Charles Chebat

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effect of social exchanges between customers that may occur in a queue, on the waiting experience's evaluation and its implication for…

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Exploring the epistemological origins of Shewhart's and Deming's theory of quality: Influences from C.I. Lewis' conceptualistic pragmatism

Christina Mauléon, Bo Bergman

The purpose of this paper is to explore the epistemological origin of Shewhart's and Deming's ideas in their development of a theory of quality.

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A review of twenty years of SERVQUAL research

Riadh Ladhari

This paper reviews 20 years (1988‐2008) of research on the SERVQUAL scale for measuring service quality.

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A standardised approach to the world? IKEA in China

Ulf Johansson, Åsa Thelander

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the marketing strategy in China of the furnishing retailer IKEA in the context of standardisation and adaptation of marketing activities…

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Cover of International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences

ISSN:

1756-669X

Online date, start – end:

2009

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Riadh Ladhari