In Australia, small and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sector appear to have been slow to undertake the adoption and implementation of quality assurance processes. Over the last two decades, policy makers and researchers have tended to focus on the technology uptake issues as a lever to stimulate economic activity. However, there has been less research and associated public policy initiatives on socio-technical systems (STS) like quality assurance programs or on implementation rather than uptake issues. By implementation it is meant those actions by the firm after the decision to adopt the new system has been taken, including the adaptation of existing routines to support the new equipment or processes. In industry, failures and delays in implementing new systems have meant that many firms have not reaped the promised benefits. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2006.

Thesis (M. Ec.)--University of Adelaide, 1985. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 230-246).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Economics, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 222-235).

Thesis--University of Michigan. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-190).

Thèse--Paris, 1903. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1965. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 149-158).

Thesis (D.Phil.(Agricultural Economics, Extension, and Rural Development))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Includes summary. Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

"An expansion of a doctoral dissertation submitted at Harvard University." / "Awarded the David A. Wells prize for the year 1912-13, and published from the income of the David A. Wells fund." Includes index. Bibliography: p. 465-479.

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