TY - JOUR AB - Predicts a major role for quality in the business world of the twenty‐first century. Considers a broad range of developments such as the possible advances in online business, increased coverage of quality issues in higher education, and developments in tools aimed at facilitating the establishment of quality programs. Predicts that quality will impact more and more on all aspects of business – having sprung largely from the manufacturing environment it will spread to all types of organization and to all facets of business. Concludes that while the twentieth century could be seen as the century of productivity, the twenty‐first century will be seen as the century of quality. VL - 13 IS - 2 SN - 0954-478X DO - 10.1108/09544780110384006 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09544780110384006 AU - DeFeo Joseph A. AU - Janssen Alexander PY - 2001 Y1 - 2001/01/01 TI - The economic driver for the twenty‐first century: quality T2 - The TQM Magazine PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 91 EP - 94 Y2 - 2024/04/20 ER -