Standards are essential for consistency, interoperability and conformity of products/parts from various producers.The standard compliant devices may play an important role in the domain of telecommunication, entertainment, education, medical, business and other sectors. From consumers‘...

This study aimed to determine the level of compliance, commitment, involvement, and perception of SDO employees in the implementation of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System of the three Schools Division Offices in Region III namely Schools Division of Bataan, Schools Division of Bulacan and...

Rice cultivation in Sub-Saharan Africa produces a negative externality in the form of higher malaria risk. Larval source management, such as the application of bio-larvicides in rice fields, is available to mitigate the problem. However, the cost of larvicide and the corresponding spraying...

This paper analyses how regulatory convergence in different categories of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) imposed on imports of goods in information and communications technology (ICT) globally affected the values, volumes, and unit values of imported goods during the period 1996-2019....

Data fuels the algorithms that run the products and systems people use every day, but without appropriate privacy regulations, data breaches can put users at risk. This paper proposes creating a privacy Regulatory Authority Advisory Body that would set privacy standards and ensure compliance...

E-commerce certification can signal a firm's quality, reducing information frictions and incentivizing quality upgrading. This paper examines the effect of certification on quality upgrading both econometrically and using a novel dynamic structural model. To this end, we collected data from...