| innovative business solutions; incorporate open standards;
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| the importance of innovation for our economies;
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| to have higher rates of economic growth; produce new innovative products;
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| be successfully positioned in the market;
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| provide compatibility between products or systems;
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| enhance quality; specify technology in detail;
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| specify the performance of a product or service;
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| not to tell which technological solution or which materials to use;
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| to find optimum ways to meet the performance criteria
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1. Do standards stimulate or hinder innovation?
2. Do standards themselves need to be innovative?
SELF-CHECK QUESTIONS
1. Can standardization and innovation be considered as rivals or partners?
2. In what way do standards bring benefits to the sustainable growth and the development of the businesses?
3. Why are both formal and informal standardization processes important for the innovation?
GLOSSARY
| shared knowledge networks
| совместная сеть по обмену знаниями
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| sustainable growth
| устойчивый экономический рост
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| likelihood
| вероятность
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| product performance
| характеристика изделия; рабочие характеристики продукта
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| start from scratch
| начать с нуля
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| recoup initial investments
| компенсировать первоначальные инвестиции
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| collaborative
| совместный
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| market value
| рыночная цена
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| duplication of effort
| дублирование усилий
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| best-practice guidance
| принципы эффективной работы
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| streamline internal and external
operations
| совершенствовать внутренние и внешние операции
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| assess
| оценивать
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MODULE 3
