Sustainable Development of the Environment Using Six Sigma / Seifedine Kadry -- DMAIC Six Sigma for Improving Complex Processes / A. Pugna, S. Potra, R. Negrea and M. Mocan -- The Lean Six Sigma Methodology: Applications in Thoracic Surgery / Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Barbara...

Preface -- Risk management : a novel six sigma approach / Vojo Bubevski, Bubevski Consulting, CEO, Researcher, UK -- How to address risks and opportunities within the quality management system / Leonardo Voinescu and Speranta Stomff, Altius QM, Nürnberg, Germany, and Romanian Standards...

Preface -- Earnings management research : culture incentives versus accounting standards constraints, some insights for future research / Lan Sun, University of New England, Australia -- Earnings management during the recent crisis : the role of government quality / Félix J. López Iturriaga...