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A question of trust

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James Backhouse,

Carol Hsu,

Jimmy C. Tseng,

John BaptistaAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 48, Issue 9

Pages 87 - 91

https://doi.org/10.1145/1081992.1081994

Published: 01 September 2005 Publication History

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An economic perspective on quality standards in the certification services market.

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September 2005

109 pages

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DOI:10.1145/1081992

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