This paper studies voluntary certification when (a) there is uncertainty about managerial propensity to report truthfully, (b) some components of the firm’s value may be certified for a cost (“hard”), (c) other components may be disclosed but not certified free of misstatements (“soft”). We establish that untruthful managers are more likely to certify hard information and that, among truthful m...

In this study we consider the efficacy of a relatively new and widely accepted certification system for teachers established by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). To address the limitations in past research on the subject, we utilize a unique database covering the universe of teachers and students in Florida for a four-year span to determine the relationship between...

BACKGROUND Several residency program characteristics have been suggested as measures of program quality, but associations between these measures are unknown. We set out to determine associations between these potential measures of program quality. METHODS Survey of internal medicine residency programs that shared an online ambulatory curriculum on hospital type, faculty size, number of traine...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between ISO 9001 certification, healthcare accreditation and quality management in European hospitals. DESIGN A mixed method multi-level cross-sectional design in seven countries. External teams assessed clinical services on the use of quality management systems, illustrated by four clinical pathways. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Seventy-three acute car...

Fees for Certification and Finances ofMedical Specialty Boards Theprocess of board certificationhas a central role in the selfregulation of physician quality standards.1,2 However, many physicians have objected to programs by theAmerican Board ofMedical Specialties (ABMS),particularlymaintenanceof certification (MOC), citing a lack of clinical relevance and evidence to support efficacy as well ...

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, USA; 2 Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 3 Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Institute of Dentistry, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 4 Department for Certification, The Republic of ...

The fast development and increasing use of 3D video technology increases the need for standardization and certification processes when it comes to quality of video experience. Due to the specific conditions necessary for high-quality 3D video reproduction, an important role in evaluating the quality of 3D video plays the human experience factor. In order to find the best mechanisms for 3D video...

The quality of many goods and services may change randomly between the time of shipment and delivery, creating disputes over quality that can result in lemons-market equilibria. We investigate the potential of third-party inspections for such inefficiencies. We consider two types of inspection, ex post verification of quality in consignment contracts and ex ante certification in FOB contracts, ...

background and aims: plant certification programs need reliable, fast, cheap and sensitive methods for detection of systemic pathogens with special interest in virus and viroid detection. reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) has been documented as an alternative assay for certification of plant propagating materials. the main object of the present study was the optimization ...

This paper explores the implementation of process-based management systems within organisations that have recently achieved certification of the quality management system ISO 9001: 2000. Certification to the ISO9001: 2000 quality management system is considered by many academics and business people alike to be an important step toward the total quality management principle of process based mana...