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Innovation and Quality Management – What are the links? SOTA No 1

Published: 19 September 2018

ERC SOTA No 1

Associated Themes

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  Innovation

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TQM and ISO9000 are two of the most widely adopted quality improvement approaches. What does the evidence suggest about the relationship between these quality improvement approaches and firms’ innovation outcomes? Internationally, SOTA studies of ISO9000 adoption suggest small positive innovation benefits of 2-13 per cent. International studies of TQM adoption also suggest positive innovation benefits of 4-7 per cent with the strongest benefits arising from the ‘soft’ elements of TQM related to work practices and cultural change. A lack of both survey and population data mean we have no evidence of the implications of either ISO9000 or TQM for innovation and firm performance in the UK.

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