Charles J. Corbett

TL;DR: It is found that firms' decision to seek their first ISO 9000 certification was indeed followed by significant abnormal improvements in financial performance, though the exact timing and magnitude of this effect depend on the specification of the control group.

TL;DR: This paper argues that the underlying mechanism is one of extending the horizons of analysis and that this applies to both theory and practice of operations management, and extrapolates from the developmental paths of total quality management and supply chain management to speculate about the future of environmental research in operations management.

TL;DR: The value to a supplier of obtaining better information about a buyer's cost structure, and of being able to offer more general contracts, is studied, and the proportion of buyers the supplier will choose to exclude can be substantial.

TL;DR: In this paper, the optimal quantity discount policy under asymmetric information was derived and compared to the situation where the supplier has full information about the buyer's cost structure and compared with the situation when the supplier does not have full information.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted an exploratory study into the global spread of ISO 14000 and found that exports, environmental attitudes, and ISO 9000 certification count were significant factors in the diffusion of ISO14000.