<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of the paper is to analyse and demonstrate the trends in the scope of data concerning the number of ISO 9001 certificates incorporated in companies around the world with consideration of market division into 39 sectors. The study utilised the desk research method for analysing the available sources of data for the studied problem, especially covering their compilation, mutual verification, processing and reasoning. Then, multi-dimensional comparative analyses were conducted for the obtained results within a time framework of 1998-2017. As result of the conducted analyses, leading sectors in particular countries in terms of the number of incorporated ISO 9001 series standards were established. This enabled identifying the tendencies and determining the further directions of change. The paper is original in that it is based on analysing data within an industry framework in the period of nine years, identifying existing trends and establishing specific cases (countries and industries) for which the ISO 9001 standards are common and for which they are a niche.</p></abstract>

The purpose of the paper is to analyse and demonstrate the trends in the scope of data concerning the number of ISO 9001 certificates incorporated in companies around the world with consideration of market division into 39 sectors. The study utilised the desk research method for analysing the available sources of data for the studied problem, especially covering their compilation, mutual verification, processing and reasoning. Then, multi-dimensional comparative analyses were conducted for the obtained results within a time framework of 1998-2017. As result of the conducted analyses, leading sectors in particular countries in terms of the number of incorporated ISO 9001 series standards were established. This enabled identifying the tendencies and determining the further directions of change. The paper is original in that it is based on analysing data within an industry framework in the period of nine years, identifying existing trends and establishing specific cases (countries and industries) for which the ISO 9001 standards are common and for which they are a niche.

ISO 9001 Standard Management System Certification – Data Analysis for Sectors by Country

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The purpose of the paper is to analyse and demonstrate the trends in the scope of data concerning the number of ISO 9001 certificates incorporated in companies...

ISO 9001 Standard Management System Certification – Data Analysis for Sectors by Country

Publicado en línea: 08 oct 2019

Páginas: 162 - 169

Recibido: 04 mar 2019

Aceptado: 08 may 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cqpi-2019-0022

Palabras clave
ISO 9001, certifications, sectors by country

© 2019 Katarzyna Hys, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

ISO 9001 Standard Management System Certification – Data Analysis for Sectors by Country

Publicado en línea: 08 oct 2019

Páginas: 162 - 169

Recibido: 04 mar 2019

Aceptado: 08 may 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cqpi-2019-0022

Palabras claveISO 9001, certifications, sectors by country

© 2019 Katarzyna Hys, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
ISO 9001, certifications, sectors by country