| Title |
How nations choose product standards and standards change nations / Samuel Krislov. |
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| Imprint |
Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1997. |
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| Description |
viii, 264 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Content |
text txt |
| Media |
unmediated n |
| Carrier |
volume nc |
| Series |
Pitt series in policy and institutional studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index. |
| Contents |
A standard primer: an introduction to standards: what they do and do not do. The diverse strands of standardization. The many faces of standards -- American standards: a system that just grew: Standards in American history. The American "system" of standards -- Other systems, other functions: Standards in the European Community: building blocks toward integration? Standards and the Japanese miracle: the politics and economics of quality. Standards as boundaries: the abortive efforts of Soviet Europe -- Becoming and evolving: the future of standards: The evolution of standards and the processes of formalization. World of increasing sameness? |
| Subject(s) |
Standardization.
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Commercial products -- Standards.
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| ISBN/ISSN |
ZBWT00781202 |
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