Holdings: Quality Systems and Standards for a Competitive Edge

Quality Systems and Standards for a Competitive Edge

This book argues for the urgent need for countries to move forward aggressively on adopting and upgrading quality and standards. The focus is on developing countries, many of which are lagging in the race for standards adoption, and within that cat...

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Main Authors:	Guasch, J. Luis, Racine, Jean-Louis, Sánchez, Isabel, Diop, Makhtar
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCURACY ADVERSE SELECTION ANTITRUST APPLICATION PROGRAMMING ARTISANS AUTOMOBILE AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BANDWIDTH BEST-PRACTICE BROWSER BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESSES BUYER BUYERS CALIBRATION CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CELL PHONE CELLULAR NETWORK CELLULAR NETWORKS CELLULAR PHONE CELLULAR STANDARD CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATES COMMERCE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA COMPLEX TASK COMPUTERS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMER MARKET CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS COORDINATION MECHANISMS COPYRIGHT CRISES CUSTOM CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DATA QUALITY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DIGITAL ASSISTANT DIGITAL ASSISTANTS DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY DRINKING WATER E-MAIL ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENTRY POINT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXPORT DEVELOPMENT EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT SECTOR EXTERNAL MARKETS EXTERNALITIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FREE TRADE FUNCTIONALITY GENERAL PUBLIC GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL STANDARD GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS GLOBALIZATION GNP GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GROWTH STRATEGIES HARDWARE HARMONIZATION IMAGE IMPERFECT INFORMATION IMPORTS INCOME INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY STANDARDS INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMATION PROVISION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INSPECTION INSPECTIONS INSTITUTION INTERFACE INTERFACES INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONALIZATION INTEROPERABILITY INVENTION ISO ISO 14001 ISO 9000 STANDARDS ISO STANDARDS LABOR COSTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEGACY SYSTEMS LEGISLATION LICENSES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING MARKET COMPETITION MARKET FAILURES MARKET INFORMATION MARKET POWER MARKET SEGMENTS MARKET SHARES MARKETING MATERIAL MEASUREMENT STANDARDS MEASUREMENTS MEDICAL DEVICES MEDIUM ENTERPRISE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MERCHANTS METROLOGY MIDDLEMEN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERS MOBILE PHONES MOBILE TELEPHONE MOTIVATION NATIONAL TRAINING NETWORKS NEW MARKETS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OPEN MARKET OPERATING SYSTEM OPTIMAL ALLOCATION PERSONAL COMPUTER POLICY DECISIONS POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MAKERS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTORS PRODUCERS PRODUCT DESIGN PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION ELASTICITIES PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTOCOL PROTOTYPE PUBLIC GOOD QUALITY MANAGEMENT QUALITY STANDARDS QUERIES R&D RADIO RADIO FREQUENCY RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION RENTS RESULT RESULTS RETAIL TRADE SAFETY SAFETY STANDARDS SAVINGS SEARCH SEARCH COSTS SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL BENEFITS STANDARDIZATION STANDARDS BODIES STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL EXPERTS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE SYSTEM TELEPHONES TELEPHONY TERMS OF TRADE TIMBER TRACEABILITY TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS USERS USES VALUE CHAIN VOLUME WAGES WEB WEB SITE WORLD TRADE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8092704/quality-systems-standards-competitive-edge http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6768

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Quality Systems and Standards for a Competitive Edge

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