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Turning Green: The Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is a case study in environmentally friendly hospital construction-from the ground up. In December 2003, Boulder (Colo.) Community Foothills Hospital became the first healthcare facility in the nation to earn a U.S. Green Building Council certification, which is known as Leadership in Energy...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Quality, hospital, health care, high-performance, leadership; Case studies
Energy Star Manufactured Homes: The Plant Certification Process: This paper outlines the Energy Star certification procedure for manufactured housing plants with the primary focus of achieving airtight ducts. Over 40 envelope and duct tests are compared with in-plant tests conducted by factory personnel. In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA introduced the ENERGY STAR label for manufactured...; Tags: Quality, Florida Solar Energy Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, certification; White papers
Aircraft Systems & Manufacturing - STC Design, Certification and PMA Installation Kits: Aircraft Systems & Manufacturing's ASM avionics engineers and integration specialists have made an unwavering commitment: for every avionics need, provide the solution. With FAA and EASA STCs Supplemental Type Certificates for virtually every avionics system (including ACARS, CMU, DFDAU, DFDR, EGPWS, FMS, iDMU, PRNAV, RVSM, SATCOM, TAWS and Windshear Warning)...; Tags: Certification, Aircraft, Aircraft Systems & Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing; White papers
Carbon Trust Launches Emission Certification: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Carbon Trust launched a scheme to recognise carbon emission reductions on Tuesday, saying consumers and businesses both benefit from clear information on steps taken to tackle climate change. The government-funded body has initially awarded the badge to twelve organisations, including a...; Tags: Certification, Organization, Carbon, Quality, Training And Certification, Benefits, Business Operations, Human Resources; News items 2008-06-23
Certification Of Satisfaction Of Lien: This is a template of Certification of Satisfaction of Lien. User can make changes in it as per his or her requirement.; Tags: Quality, training and certification; Tools & templates 2007-12-01

Getting the Best Results from Your Advertising Agency: In order to show themselves in the best light, advertising agencies will make a lot of claims and promises when trying to win new business. Once an agency has been selected, it is important to regularly review agency performance to see that initial promises are being kept, and that the...; Tags: team, marketing, advertisement, brand, commission, performance, agency, media, certification, ISO 9000, financial, knowledge, Process improvement, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000; Articles 2007-02-28
CEOs'/CFOs' Swearing by the Numbers: Does It Impact Share Price of the Firm?: This paper examines the impact on share prices of firms who's CEOs and CFOs certify their financial statements under oath, pursuant to the administrative order issued by the SEC on June 27, 2002. This paper hypothesize that the certification provides assurance to investors by making disclosure more credible and by...; Tags: Quality, training and certification, Financial accounting, Investment, Gale Group, certification, financial statement, stock price, stock, financial; White papers 2006-01-01
Long-Run Performance Following Quality Management Certification: Public firms that seek and successfully receive certification of quality management, type ISO 9000, experience positive announcement effects. This result is consistent with the notion that companies seeking to implement a quality management system may be reducing agency problems between managers and shareholders, a corporate governance and control goal that...; Tags: Quality, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, quality management, certification, Quality Management System, ISO 9000, corporate governance, shareholder, agency; White papers 2005-01-01
Significance of Quality Certification: The Case of the Software Industry in India: Total quality management TQM, ISO 9000, the Capability Maturity Model standards, and the consequent operational-performance indicators of organizations are of interest to researchers as well as the business community. An empirical study addressing these issues is presented in this article. The study, probably the first of its kind in the...; Tags: Quality, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, American Society For Quality, Total Quality Management, quality management, Capability Maturity Model, India, ISO 9000, performance, software; White papers 2004-12-23
Grandstanding, Certification and the Underpricing of Venture Capital Backed IPOs: This paper examines the role of venture capital backing in the underpricing of IPOs. Controlling for endogeneity in the receipt of venture funding, it finds that venture capital backed IPOs experience larger first day returns than comparable non-venture backed IPOs. The return difference is particularly pronounced in the "bubble" period...; Tags: Investment, Financial Planning, Emory University, venture capital, IPO; White papers 2004-11-01
The Role of Venture Capital Backing in Initial Public Offerings: Certification, Screening, or Market Power?: This paper empirically distinguishes between three possible roles of venture backing in Initial Public Offerings: certification, screening and monitoring, and market power. The paper argues that Initial Public Offerings underpricing is not the appropriate measure to evaluate the role of venture backing in Initial Public Offerings. Instead, the paper compares...; Tags: Financial Planning, Investment, Boston College, IPO, certification, venture capital, monitoring; White papers 2004-09-23
New Aerospace Quality Standards Bring Efficiency and Constitency to Audit, Certification and Surveillance Processes: This paper focuses on aerospace specific requirement that support the Federal Aviation Administration's FAA Federal Aviation Regulation FAR title 14 Part 21 requirements. Safety, airworthiness, product conformity and reliability are the key aspect. These quality requirement are crucial to aerospace original equipment manufacturers OEMs, which maintain a high level of...; Tags: Aerospace & Defense, aerospace, FAA, audit, supplier, performance; White papers 2004-07-28
Hiding Behind Certification: Professional circumstances have twice required the author to become an "Instant expert" on certification. The first time involved grasping the byzantine ins and outs of health-care plan accreditation. The second time required understanding the politics and economics of how different universities granted diplomas and certificates for their business, technical and...; Tags: Quality, training and certification, International Data Group, certification; White papers 2004-06-15
Guide for the Security Certification and Accreditation of Federal Information System: Security certification and accreditation are important activities that support a risk management process and an integral part of an agency's information security program. Developed through an extensive public review process, the document represents a significant contribution to federal agency security management by providing specific recommendations on how to certify and...; Tags: Strategy, NIST, security certification, agency, information system, risk management, information security, security; White papers 2004-05-01
A Guide to Organic Certification Around the Globe: Many advocates for organic agriculture claim that international harmonization of certification programs is needed in order to advance the organic industry from its present state. They maintain that harmonization will enable greater gains from trade and will create a truly global organic industry. In order to verify the merit of...; Tags: Quality, training and certification, agriculture, certification, industry; White papers 2003-12-04
Support Center Practices Certification: IDC research shows that a growing percentage of product purchase decisions are made based on the quality, reliability, and reputation of a vendor's support organization. As a result, many companies' support organizations are increasingly relied upon to serve as a key differentiator compared to their competition while also having a...; Tags: International Data Corp., IT services, customer satisfaction, help desk, performance, industry, information technology; White papers 2003-12-01
Business & Securities Litigator: Vol. 14 No. 11: In this issue, three articles have been covered. These are: Control Person Liability Under The Exchange Act; Class Certification And Opt-out Rights and Additional Recent Decisions Of Note. This article briefly discusses class certification under Rules 23b(2) and 23b of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, turns to the seminal...; Tags: security; White papers 2003-11-01
Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, Final Rule Management’s Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting; Sections 302 And 906, Certification Of Disclosure In Exchange Act Periodic Reports: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“the Act”) directed the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to adopt rules requiring public companies to include in their annual filings a report of management on the effectiveness of the company’s “internal control over financial reporting” (“internal controls”). This requirement, which, among other provisions of...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, internal control, financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, certification, SEC, financial; White papers 2003-10-30
Management's Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting And Certification Of Disclosure In Exchange Act Periodic Reports: As directed by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, rules are being adopted requiring companies subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, other than registered investment companies, to include in their annual reports a report of management on the company's internal control over...; Tags: Financial Planning, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulations, SEC, internal control, financial reporting, Securities Exchange Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, certification, annual reports, financial, Section 404, accounting; White papers 2003-08-14
SCOR Your ISO Certification: SCOR is a process reference model for effective communication among trading partners. Business process reengineering, benchmarking and process measurements are integrated into a cross-functional framework. While the scope of ISO 9000 does not typically look at accounting and finance functions, SCOR enables manufacturers to manage operational and financial performance. The...; Tags: ISO standards, Performance management, Process improvement, P&L, BPR, ISO 9000, benchmarking, business strategy, performance, ROI, accounting, finance, business process, financial; White papers 2003-08-05