This paper analyses the various contours of the trade-labor linkage in the context of the rapid growth of the world trading system, and argues for a multifaceted approach in order...
...into their structure, yielding needless complexity and sometimes absurd results. Using examples drawn from contemporary practice, including pension accounting, financial instruments and lease accounting, an argument for a move towards...
...greater emphasis on accuracy and precision science, and the steady march of industrialization further underlined the importance of standards for establishing competitive advantages in the industrial age. In the Information...
In the early 1990s, the computer, entertainment, and communications trade press began to devote increasing attention to the “information infrastructure.” Although no one vision for the information infrastructure emerged, the...
Standards are fundamental to any rigorous form of communications and are used in every civilization. Given that mathematics provides a rigorous way to understand very basic phenomena, this paper explores...
Proceeding from theoretical hypotheses, driving forces for the introduction of the ISO 9000ff series in innovative service companies are analysed. Based on the European Community Innovation Survey (CIS), a probit...
Reference Models comprise information on best or common practices for reuse. However, they commonly originate from individual projects. Yet, project models are usually situational and often inconsistent due to a...
...Computer and its companion the iPod. There are also numerous standards-setting bodies at work in the digital space. No one approach is the right choice, but instead each has strengths...
...cross-national convergence on international standards. This paper challenges the market-based perspective, focusing on compliance with the 1988 Basel Capital Accord in South Korea and Taiwan. First, it argues that adoption...
This report describes the state of the art regarding open standards for personal domain portals that integrate information and services from various public administrations. The first part focuses on the...