Case Studies Conducted in China Based on ISO Economic Benefits Assessment Methodology of Standards

ISO developed, with the support of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, a methodology for the assessment and quantification of the economic benefits of standards with the objective to quantify the impacts of standards on organizations and to allow the comparison between the assessment results of different organizations. This paper systematically reviews the basic Conditions of the ISO research project of standard economic benefits, gives introduction of the ISO assessment methodology and the brief introduction to the case studies of the application of ISO assessment methodology in China. In addition, this paper gets some preliminary conclusions of the ISO research project of standard economic benefits, and gives some ideas of how to improve the ISO assessment methodology based on China’s national conditions.