Innovations, Standards and Quality Management Systems: Analysis of Interrelation
Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2013
Raimonda Liepiņa, Inga Lapiņa, Jolanta Janauska, Jānis Mazais

Nowadays ability to design, manufacture and place into market new innovative products and services is more and more often considered as one of factors ensuring successful entrepreneurship, which also provides competitiveness. Historically standards were tools for facilitation of products turnover and development of manufacturing processes. After some time standards were considered as restrictions, which do not allow creativity and innovative activities in enterprise operations. Today standards can be used on voluntary bases and favour international trade. Quality management standards are a good tool how to adjust harmonized and well developed processes in enterprises. Mutual relationship between innovation and standards in relation with quality management systems is a relatively uncovered research area. The aim of this research is to reveal mutual relationships between innovations, standards and quality management systems. Research is based on gathered information about the influence of standards and quality management systems on innovation, and performed research. Research methods, such as analysis and synthesis of scientific literature, logical and comparative analysis, qualitative and quantitative research based on survey are applied in this research. The main results disclosed that application of standards and QMS facilitate business activities for promotion of new product development and application of innovative solutions by well-recognized and attested activities. At the same time the link between innovations promoted by standards and QMS, the business’s development and competitiveness are prerequisites to mutual growth. The research results will encourage entrepreneurs not to avoid using the standards and QMS when seeking for innovative solutions.


Atslēgas vārdi
Innovations, Quality Management Systems, Standards
Hipersaite
http://issuu.com/acpil/docs/ecie_2013-_proceedings-_volume_2

Liepiņa, R., Lapiņa, I., Janauska, J., Mazais, J. Innovations, Standards and Quality Management Systems: Analysis of Interrelation. No: Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Beļģija, Brussels, 19.-20. septembris, 2013. Brussels: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2013, 723.-730.lpp. ISBN 978-1-909507-59-3. e-ISBN 978-1-909507-61-6. ISSN 2049-1050. e-ISSN 2049-1069.

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