This edited volume contains the selected papers presented at the scientific board meeting of the German Cluster of Excellence on "Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries", held in November 2014. The topical structure of the book is clustered in six sessions: Integrative...

Angelika Merdian sichtet und analysiert vor dem Hintergrund diverser Vereinheitlichungsbestrebungen die Standards für Wirtschaftsprüfer in ihrer Tätigkeit als Unternehmensbewerter in Deutschland, Österreich, Frankreich, Italien, dem Vereinigten Königreich und Russland. Darüber hinaus...

Marius Grathwohl stellt die Entwicklung von Industriestandards durch Unternehmen und Konsortien als profitable Unternehmensstrategie vor. Er will Entscheidungsträger vor diesem Hintergrund für spezifische kartellrechtliche Konfliktpotenziale sensibilisieren und Compliance-Hinweise zur...

Introduction, State of the Art and Definitions -- Infrastructural Integration in the 19th Century -- Infrastructural Integration in the 20th Century -- Relationship Between Organisational Structures, Political Processes and Agreed Standards -- Political and Socio-economic Theories and...

Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries - focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour...

This book explores the paradox of the hospitality industry: customers demand not only personal and innovative tourism products and services, but also cost-effective ones. Enterprises have the option to meet the former demand by offering authentic products and services while the latter could be...

This book is a comprehensive reference on ISO management system standards and their implementation. The impacts that ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 have had on business performance are analyzed in depth, and up-to-date perspectives are offered on the integration of these and other management standards...

This book discusses the foundations of social and environmental accounting and highlights local differences in countries like Italy and Bulgaria. It also describes the institutional environment, which affects the development and application of environmental accounting and reporting, as a basis...

The aim of this book is to examine how technical and institutional factors affect the responsiveness of public and private organisations to a change in accreditation standards, with specific reference to the vocational educational and training (VET) sector and ethical standards. In particular,...