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In this study we model how certification affects managers' choice of the quality of the nonprofit organizations they … charitable good, one donor, and a certification agency. We assume that the nature of the charitable good does not allow for …
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This paper studies the impact of entrepreneurial decisions regarding standard creation in an oligopolistic market with cooperative Ramp;D investments. Our game-theoretic analysis shows that if standards are open and only multi-standard equilibria are allowed, it is impossible to attain a stable...
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likelihood of certification. Second, fraud only arises when the fines for fraud are at intermediate levels and some CSR firms do … than in settings with honest marketing. Forth, the coexistence of fraud and certification induces differentiation price … premia below marginal production costs and certification price premia above marginal certification costs. Lastly, social …
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It is often argued that certifiers have an incentive to offer inflated certificates, although they deny it. In this paper, we study a model in which a certifier is paid by sellers, and may offer them inflated certificates, but incurs costs if doing so. We find that the certifier may face a...
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Purpose: This paper aims at identifying obstacles, benefits, leading practices and lessons learned in the transition/certification … systems certification, a quantitative survey was launched in Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, and Turkey in April 2018 …, addressed at quality and organizational managers and CEOs from ISO 9001:2015-certified organizations by certification bodies …
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