Global Standards And Publications

Van Haren Publishing is the world’s leading publisher in best practice, methods and standards within IT Management, Project Management, Enterprise Architecture and Business Management. We are the official publisher for some of the world’s leading organizations and their frameworks including: The Open Group [TOGAF], IPMA-NL, ITSqc [eSCM Models], GamingWorks [ABC of ICT], ASL BiSL Foundation, IAOP®, IACCM, CRP Henri Tudor and PMI NL. This catalog will provide you with an overview of our most popular and upcoming titles, but also gives you a quality summary on internationally relevant frameworks. Van Haren Publishing is an independent, worldwide recognized publisher, well known for our extensive professional network (authors, reviewers and accreditation bodies of standards), flexibility and years of experience. We make content available in hard copy and digital formats, designed to suit your personal preference (iPad, Kindle and online), available through over 50 distribution partners (Amazon, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, Managementboek and Bol.com, etc.) and over 700 outlets worldwide. Free whitepapers are available in our eKnowledge, with a licence for our eLibrary you can download all our eBooks within your area of expertise and in our eShop you can place your order in your favorite media format: hard copy or eBook.

Van Haren Publishing is the world’s leading publisher in best practice, methods and standards within IT Management, Project Management, Enterprise Architecture and Business Management. We are the official publisher for some of the world’s leading organizations and their frameworks including: The Open Group , IPMA, ASL BiSL Foundation, IAOP® and IACCM. This catalog will provide you with an overview of our most popular and upcoming titles (including courseware), but also gives you a quality summary on internationally relevant frameworks. Van Haren Publishing is an independent, worldwide recognized publisher, well known for our extensive professional network (authors, reviewers and accreditation bodies of standards), flexibility and years of experience. We make content available in hard copy and digital formats, designed to suit your personal preference (iPad, Kindle and online), available through over 50 distribution partners (Amazon, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, Managementboek and Bol.com, etc.) and over 700 outlets worldwide.

Van Haren Publishing is the world’s leading publisher in best practice, methods and standards within IT Management, Project Management, Enterprise Architecture and Business Management. We are the offi cial publisher for some of the world’s leading organizations and their frameworks including: The Open Group [TOGAF], IPMA-NL, ITSqc [eSCM Models], GamingWorks [ABC of ICT], ASL BiSL Foundation, IAOP®, IACCM, CRP Henri Tudor and PMI NL. This catalog will provide you with an overview of our most popular and upcoming titles, but also gives you a quality summary on internationally relevant frameworks. Van Haren Publishing is an independent, worldwide recognized publisher, well known for our extensive professional network (authors, reviewers and accreditation bodies of standards), fl exibility and years of experience. We make content available in hard copy and digital formats, designed to suit your personal preference (iPad, Kindle and online), available through over 50 distribution partners (Amazon, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, Managementboek and Bol.com, etc.) and over 700 outlets worldwide. Free whitepapers are available in our eKnowledge, with a licence for our eLibrary you can download all our eBooks within your area of expertise and in our eShop you can place your order in your favorite media format: hard copy or eBook.

Proposes a new expert-led international instrument to address access to essential technical standards.

'This book draws out the profound implications and transformational dynamics of multi-level global governance of natural resources, labour standards and particularly food safety. the hybrid private-public governance of these supply chains has in some contexts made large western retailer groups more dominant regulators than states. Yet the new regulatory governance is more pluralistic in its flux than a shift from state to retailer hegemony. Governance by contracts of global sway more than government by statutes of states drives regulatory innovation. Legal entrepreneurs and model mongers of many stripes inspire this innovation. Political theory is yet to come to grips with the significance of the shifts this thoughtful collection ably traces.' – John Braithwaite, Australian National University 'This edited volume represents a major contribution to scholarship on the role of private standards in global governance. It brings together a wealth of important new research written by a distinguished group of scholars. It is noteworthy not only for the breadth and depth of its case-studies, but by its extensive analysis of the legal dimensions of private standard setting and enforcement.' – David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley, US Private regulatory initiatives aim to govern supply chains across the globe according to a set of environmental, food safety and/or social standards. Until now, literature on the topic has been fragmented and divided by research fields. However, this unique and comprehensive book bridges these disciplinary and thematic research lines, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars to identify key issues. the expert contributors assess the state-of-the-art with regard to private regulation of food, natural resources and labour conditions. They begin with an introduction to, and discussion of, several leading existing private standards, and go on to assess private food standards and their legitimacy and effectiveness in the context of the global trade regime. This truly multidisciplinary assessment of the scope and importance of private standards as a governance tool in a globalizing world will prove to be an enlightening read for a wide-ranging audience encompassing: academics, students, researchers, policymakers and analysts focusing on private forms of governance in several sectors including economics, law, politics, development, environment and agriculture.

The book brings together a number of subjects of prime importance for any practicing engineer and, students of engineering. The book explains the concepts and functions of voluntary standards, mandatory technical regulations, conformity assessment (testing and measurement of products), certification, quality and quality management systems as well as other management systems such as environmental, social responsibility and food safety management systems. The book also gives a comprehensive description of the role of metrology systems that underpin conformity assessment. A description is given of typical national systems of standards, quality and metrology and how they relate directly or through regional structures to international systems. The book also covers the relation between standards and trade and explains the context and stipulations of the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Contents:Standards and Their BenefitsThe Standardization ProcessThe National Standards BodyInternational StandardizationConformity to Standards — Certification and AccreditationStandards and TradeQuality and Quality Management SystemsEnvironmental Management SystemsOview of Other Management SystemsThe Role of Metrology — The Quality Infrastructure Readership: Practicing engineers and managers in industry who wish to understand quality infrastructure and quality management, and their relation to regional and international standards. Key Features:The book gives information about all aspects of the quality infrastructure in one publicationThe material represents the state of the art at national and international levelsThe narrative and explanation provide easy reading without sacrificing the necessary depth of the infoKeywords:Standards;Quality;Management Systems;Metrology;Quality Management

As the economies of China, India, and other Asian nations continue to grow, these countries are seeking greater control over the rules that govern international trade. Setting the rules carries with it the power to establish advantage, so it’s no surprise that everyone wants a seat at the table—or that negotiations over rules often result in stalemates at meeting of the World Trade Organization. Nowhere is the conflict over rule setting more evident than in the simmering “standards wars” over the rules that define quality and enable the adjudication of disputes. In Global Rivalries, Amy A. Quark explores the questions of how rules are made, who makes them, and how they are enforced, using the lens of cotton—a simple commodity that has become a poignant symbol of both the crisis of Western rule making power and the potential for powerful new rivals to supplant it. Quark traces the strategies for influencing rule making processes employed not only by national governments but also by transnational corporations, fiber scientists, and trade associations from around the globe. Quark analyzes the efficacy of their approaches and the implications for more marginal actors in the cotton trade, including producers in West Africa. By placing the current contest within the historical development of the global capitalist system, Global Rivalries highlights a fascinating interaction of politics and economics.