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Education Guideline 3: Textbook for Higher Education - Standardization: Fundamentals, Impact, and Business Strategy

Education Guideline 3: Textbook for Higher Education - Standardization: Fundamentals, Impact, and Business Strategy

PUBLICATION NUMBER: APEC#210-CT-03.4
ISBN: 978-981-08-6287-9
YEAR: 2010
PUBLISHED DATE: June 2010
PAGES: 288
TYPE OF PUBLICATION: Manuals
PUBLICATIONS UNDER: Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC)
ACCESSED: 90589
Short Description

The objective of this third guideline, ‘Standardization: Fundamentals, Impacts, and Business Strategy’, is to provide a common reference textbook on standardization for the graduate program in higher education in the APEC region.

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Content Summary


 

Part I. Fundamentals
Chapter 1 Definitions and Functions
Chapter 2 Lifecycles, Organizations, and Development Procedures
Chapter 3 Conformity Assessment


PART II. IMPACTS
Chapter 4 Economic Impacts - Macro Perspective
Chapter 5 Economic Impacts - Micro Perspective
Chapter 6 Legal Impacts


PART III. BUSINESS STRATEGY
Chapter 7 Standardization and Innovation
Chapter 8 Competitive Strategy
Chapter 9 Collaborative Strategy
Chapter 10 Two Case Studies of ICT Standard


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