Competitiveness and international standardization

Robert E. Parks

doi:10.1117/12.58923

12 May 1992 Competitiveness and international standardization

Robert E. Parks

Proceedings Volume 1617, International Competitiveness and Business Techniques in Advanced Optics and Imaging; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58923
Event: Optics Rochester: SPIE's International Symposium on Imaging, Fabrication, and Competitiveness, 1991, Rochester, NY, United States

Abstract

There are two main points to be covered in this paper; one deals with the question of why we should be interested in standardization in the first place. The second point considers why we should be more interested in international standards than domestic standards, assuming we have an interest at all. We argue that we should be interested in standards for optical goods for the same reason we believe in logic and scientific principles -- that no amount of charisma is going to change the fact that 2 plus 2 is 4. Regarding the second point, if one concludes that standards are worthwhile, why settle for half the loaf? We are now in a truly global market, even more so with recent events in Eastern Europe and the USSR, and the only way to take full advantage of that market is through international standards.

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Robert E. Parks "Competitiveness and international standardization", Proc. SPIE 1617, International Competitiveness and Business Techniques in Advanced Optics and Imaging, (12 May 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58923

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