| 1. | Contemporary Quality: A Framework for Business Improvement and Long Term Success (St. Leonards, |
| Australia: Australian Quality Council, 1998). |
| 2. | http://www.texasquality.org/SiteImages/125/Reference%20Library/Comparing%20Quality%20Awards.pdf. |
| 3. | Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 2000 Criteria for Performance Excellence (Gaithersburg, MD: National |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1999). |
| 4. | The European Quality Award 1998 Information Brochure (Brussels, Belgium: European Foundation for Quality |
| Management, 1997). |
| 5. | The Roadmap to Excellence (Toronto: National Quality Institute of Canada, 1997). |
| 6. | World Development Indicators 1998 (Herndon, VA: World Bank, 1998). |