" According to the quotation above taken from the flagship publication of the International
Organization for Standards (ISO), there is an upfront rationale for standards supporting the …

Wastes, like other materials, have become increasingly global in their flows. The circular
economy (CE) is a multi-level sustainability transition linked to the global trade in waste …

Social scientists and historians writing on techniques of contemporary rule, particularly those
influenced by post-Marxist paradigms such as governmentality, have become increasingly …

Die vorliegende Arbeit ist das Resultat von vielen Diskussionen, die mit verschiedenen
Personen an den unterschiedlichsten Standorten stattgefunden haben und stets äusserst …

Motivations of Firms Being ISO 9001 Certified and Benefits they Received after the Certification:
A Case Study in Kurdistan Reg Page 1 Motivations of Firms Being ISO 9001 Certified and …

Purpose-This paper proposes a conceptual framework to integrate three relevant business
models: Lean Management, Six Sigma and international ISO Management Systems …

The failures of state implemented development programmes have been largely attributed to
governance issues. I study one of the largest child development programmes in the world …

City standards are a rapidly growing and highly innovative new area of international
standards development. They propose tools, techniques and guidelines for the governance …

Abstract The First World War is usually conceived as a turning point in the history of
migration policy. Before the war, borders were largely open, passports were in most places …

Fragmentierte Wertschöpfungsketten haben in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten die globale
Wohlstandsverteilung bestimmt, zugleich aber Unternehmen und Volkswirtschaften …