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Quality systems and standards for a competitive edge

Guasch, J. Luis

2007

Overview

Quality systems and standards have a significant impact on market access, export growth, productivity, industrial upgrading, diffusion of innovation, and other central ingredients for reducing poverty and enhancing country competitiveness. This book provides a comprehensive evaluation and blueprint for implementing quality systems for private sector development and trade and competition initiatives. By thoroughly analyzing the diversity of institutions, linkages, and arrangements involved in quality systems and by identifying success factors in country quality strategies, this book provides a clear methodology on how to implement effective demand-driven national quality systems. It describes the necessary institutions and jurisdictions, the structure of required services and appropriate programs, the procedures and processes to be followed, the financing requirements and responsibilities, the incentive structure, and the relative roles of the public and private sector. With rich examples and case studies drawing best practices and lessons from around the world, this book will be invaluable to policy makers and development, trade, and competitiveness practitioners confronted with the challenge of building trade competitiveness in the new global economy.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: 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 / Competition, International / 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 / 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 / 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 competition / 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 / Poverty / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT / PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION / PRIVATE SECTORS / PRODUCERS / PRODUCT DESIGN / Product quality / PRODUCTION COSTS / PRODUCTION ELASTICITIES / PRODUCTION PROCESSES / PRODUCTIVITY / PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH / PROPERTY RIGHTS / PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / PROTOCOL / PROTOTYPE / PUBLIC GOOD / Quality control / Quality control -- Standards / 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
• ISBN: 9780821368947, 082136894X, 9780821368954, 0821368958