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Why firms lose their ISO 9001 certification: evidence from Portugal

dc.contributor.authorCandido, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorCoelho, Luís
dc.contributor.authorPeixinho, Rúben
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-10T12:19:51Z
dc.date.available2020-07-10T12:19:51Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractMore than one million certified companies must choose, every three years, whether to renew or to withdraw from ISO 9001 certification. This paper investigates whether ISO 9001 decertification decision is driven by economic motivations. Using standard event-study methods, the paper looks into this question by comparing the abnormal performance of a sample of Portuguese firms that lose their certification with that of similar, non-event, firms. The paper finds no statistically significant differences in the economic performance of these two sets of firms in their post-ISO certification period. Such evidence suggests that economic underperformance is not the reason why companies are ISO decertifying and further suggests that the decision to decertify is economically irrelevant. The study advances possible explanations for this (ir)relevancy and puts forwards implications for theory and for the ISO 9001 governance system. The governance system must change in order to increase the economic benefits that organisations can expect to gain from ISO (re)certification. This is the first study assessing the impact of ISO 9001 certification on firms that subsequently lost the certificate.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipFCT: UID/ECO/04007/2019pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14783363.2019.1625266pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1478-3363
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14067
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherTaylor & Francispt_PT
dc.subjectSmall and medium-sized enterprisespt_PT
dc.subjectDecertificationpt_PT
dc.subjectEconomic performancept_PT
dc.subjectEvent studypt_PT
dc.subjectISO 9001pt_PT
dc.titleWhy firms lose their ISO 9001 certification: evidence from Portugalpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage651
oaire.citation.startPage632
oaire.citation.titleTotal Quality Management and Business Excellencept_PT
oaire.citation.volume32
person.familyNameCandido
person.familyNameSerra Coelho
person.familyNamePeixinho
person.givenNameCarlos Joaquim Farias
person.givenNameLuís Miguel
person.givenNameRúben
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