standards support innovation


• Provide source of knowledge• Creating market access• Levelling the playing field• Removes barriers to trade• Ensuring interoperability• Reduce time to market• Creating market acceptance• Enhancing quality and safety• Making test methods available


Blind, K., & Gauch, G. (2007). Standardization benefits researchers. Wissenschaftsmanagement, pp. 16–17


Bakal, M. (2011). Challenges and Opportunities for the Medical Device Industry: Meeting The New IEC 62304 Standard, RTC Magazine: http://rtcmagazine.com/articles/view/102203


Technopolis Group, 2013. Study on the contribution of standardization to innovation in European-funded research projects. Brighton: Technopolis Group. Available at: <http://www.cencenelec.eu/standards/Education/JointWorkingGroup/Documents/Study_Contribution_Standardization_Innovation_Final2013.pdf> [Accessed 18th November 2014]

http://www.cencenelec.eu/standards/Education/JointWorkingGroup/Documents/Study_Contribution_Standardization_Innovation_Final2013.pdf


• “The British Standards Institution, Technology Strategy Board and Research Councils UK should work together to ensure that new standards are set earlier in the development of new technologies”

• “Standards play a vital role in bringing new ideas to market faster. They are the priceless ingredients that underpin the dissemination of all emerging technologies. They are a form of knowledge – setting out a way forward for new technologies as they are being developed.”

Hesseltine, M.R.D. 2012. No Stone Unturned: In Pursuit of Growth. [pdf] London: Department for Business Innovation and Skills. Available at: <http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/corporate/docs/n/12-1213-no-stone-unturned-in-pursuit-of-growth> [Accessed 18th November, 2014]

http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/corporate/docs/n/12-1213-no-stone-unturned-in-pursuit-of-growth


• “There are, however, problems as to how one effectively represents such disparate groups as ‘consumers’ or ‘SMEs’ (Hudson & Orviska, 2011). Rural consumers, for example, have different concerns and attitudes to urban ones, young from old, and educated from the less well educated.”

• “The two aims, ‘speed’ and ‘increasing stakeholder involvement’, are not only extensive but also conflicting. One can implement some changes which help attain one objective without adversely impacting on the other. But the fundamental point is that given the framework, increasing the number of participants in standard development will almost inevitably slow the process down, particularly if new participants have substantially different preferences to existing ones.”

Orviska, M., Nemec, J., & Hudson, J. (2013) Standardization and the European Standards Organisations. Central European Journal of Public Policy, 7(2), pp 36-59.

standards support innovation

Education

knowledge of standards

ways standards

value of standards

use of standards

relevant standards level

standards framework

subtypes of formal standards

basic contribution standards