While most economists agree that the recent worldwide financial crises evolved as a consequence of the US house price bubble, the related literature yet failed to deliver a consensus on the question when exactly the bubble started developing. The estimates in the literature range in between 1997...

Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement -- Contents -- Preface -- About The Companion Website -- Part I: Philosophy and Fundamentals -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Quality Control and the Total Quality System -- 1-1 Introduction and Chapter Objectives -- 1-2 Evolution of Quality Control...