Genuine ecotourism can have many positive impacts. This book considers the topic of quality control and accreditation in ecotourism, describing the mechanisms that can be implemented to ensure quality in various aspects of the industry, namely protected areas, businesses, products and tour guides.

In building a knowledge society, it is critically important to thoroughly understand quality and standards in e-learning. This book provides a cross-national perspective on these issues and draws a picture of the situation in quality development and standardisation. It covers topics of a...

This paper describes the incentives for firms to seek voluntary product safety certifications. We consider a firm which makes the decision of whether or not to seek certification prior to selling the product. We show that, even when the firm and the consumers have same beliefs about the product...