ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and New Management Standards

Iñaki Heras-Saizarbitoria is Full Professor of Business Organization at the University of the Basque Country. He has held this position since 1993 and from 2007 to 2012 served as Dean of the School of Business Administration of San Sebastian at the university. Prof. Dr. Heras Saizarbitoria has participated as the main researcher in several projects financed by the University of the Basque Country, the Basque Administration, and the Spanish Government. He has previously published more than ten specialized books and reports on Business Organization and Public Administration Policies and is the author of more than 100 articles in national and international indexed academic journals, including, since 2002, 52 in ISI-ranked journals.

• Three decades of dissemination of ISO 9001 and two of ISO 14001: Looking back and ahead.- What drives the quality of Certifiable Management System Standards implementation? Insights from the ISO 9001 standard.- ISO 14001 adoption and environmental performance: The case of manufacturing in Sweden.- Adopting ISO Management Standards in Africa:  Barriers and cultural challenges.- Implementing service management standards: Motivations and key factors.- The internalization of a sectorial standard for quality management: a qualitative analysis in tourism.- Drivers, obstacles and benefits of the adoption of SA8000: a survey in Italian companies.- Adopting ISO/TS 16949 and IATF 16949 standards: an exploratory and preliminary study.- Implementing the ISO 50001 system: A Critical Review.- Conflicts arising in the generation process of the ISO 45001 standard.