Purpose – Seeks to analyze changes in the perceived benefits and costs of ISO 9000 implementation over time. Design/methodology/approach – Results of two surveys, performed in 1998 and 2002, with 283 and 399 Catalonian companies participating, respectively, are presented, compared and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether the order or the strategy of management system standards (MSSs) implementation in an organization determines the level of integration of its standardized MSSs. Design/methodology/approach – Groups of organizations that follow...

Because of the avalanche of management system standards for business functions ranging from quality and environment to corporate social responsibility, integration of management systems that these standards describe has become a popular topic of research and practice. This paper provides a...

There is a growing body of research on the theory and practice of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). However, relatively little research has been conducted on the extent to which corporations have integrated sustainability principles into the management of their supply chain and the...

Purpose – Management system standards (MSSs) have spread in an unprecedented manner in the last few years. Thus, there are now many companies that rely on more than one such standard to establish the criteria for organizational management systems (MSs). The objective of this article is to...