Written by: Prof. Nizar Abdelkafi, Prof. Rudi Bekkers, Prof. Raffaele Bolla, Dr. Alejandro Rodriguez-Ascaso and Dr. Michelle Wetterwald. The text is enriched with examples from real standardization practice to illustrate the key theoretical concepts. Furthermore, the book includes case studies, where the “case” can be a standardization document, an event or action, or a company that implemented a particular practice that is related to standardization.