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AN ANALYSIS INTO THE IMPACT OF STANDARDS ON THE OPERATION OF SLOVENIAN COMPANIES

Chart 8: Impact of standardization on innovation in the industry -1.02
0.72
Claims 0.66
0.48
Standardization causes the industry to lag -0.68
behind in technological development.

Standardization facilitates transfer of technologies,
thereby making them more accessible.

Standardization encourages innovation by
disseminating knowledge.

Standardization incites the creation of
new business areas within our industry.

Standardization hinders innovation due to
inadequate provisions in standards.

0
Average value of responses: 0 - neutral attitude; positive value - agreement with the claim;
negative value - disagreement with the claim.

Chart 10 clearly illustrates the opinion that standardization has a positive impact on
Slovenian companies, regardless of their positioning within the value chain. However,
the companies agree more with the claim that, within the value chain, standardiza-
tion brings more benefits to larger enterprises. Statistically significant differences
between the groups are manifested in perception of the claim that standardization
brings proportional benefits to all companies within the value chain (Kurskal-Wallis
H Test, P=0.029, N=186), with the larger enterprises agreeing more strongly with the
claim than the smaller ones. Here the Mann-Whitney U Test confirms statistically
significant differences between small and large enterprises (P=0.003, N=102).

Chart 9: Impact of standardization on collaboration with stakeholders 1.04
1.09
Claims 0.93
Standards have improved the quality of our supplier’s products and services.
Standards have enabled better communication with other companies.
Standards encourage collaboration with other stakeholders.

0
Average value of responses: 0 - neutral attitude; positive value - agreement with the claim;
negative value - disagreement with the claim.

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