Sulek, Joanne M.; Lin, Mary R.; Marucheck, Ann S. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 12 (1995) 9, pp. 170-182
Assessing the impact of a quality improvement intervention on an organization is particularly difficult in a high contact service operation where the intangible service encounter is the unit of output. Frequently, accounting or financial data must be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the...