TY - CONF A1 - Mangelsdorf, Axel A1 - Denkler, Tilman ED - Jakobs, K. ED - De Vries, H.J. ED - Ganesh, A. ED - Gulacsi, A. ED - Soetert, I. T1 - Exploring business benefits of internationally recognized certifications - Empirical evidence from a global company survey T2 - EURAS Proceedings 2013 - 18th EURAS Annual standardisation conference 'Boosting European competitiveness' N2 - We base our paper on data from a global company survey of certified companies carried out by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) in 2010/11. We use multivariate Probit and ordered Probit models to analyze how company internal and external factors influence the perception of benefits from accredited certification. Benefits from accredited certification are divided into added value for the organization, increased sales and regulatory compliance. As for company external factors, we find that benefits from certification are higher for companies that went through a challenging certification process, had a competent certification body team, and are aware of the importance of accreditation. Internal factors are related to different motives for seeking certification. We find that the benefits from accredited certification are largest when companies become certified in order to improve their own business performance. Dividing our sample in high-income and middle income countries shows that the latter put more emphasis on company internal improvement through certification and are more likely to benefit from certification when they employ an external consultant. Finally, we can show that benefits are unequally distributed among companies. That is, smaller companies have a lower probability to benefit from certification compared to larger companies. T2 - EURAS Proceedings 2013 - 18th EURAS Annual standardisation conference 'Boosting European competitiveness' CY - Brussels, Belgium DA - 24.06.2013 KW - Accreditation KW - Certification KW - Ordered probit model KW - Probit models PY - 2013 SN - 978-3-86130-655-9 VL - 7 SP - 247 EP - 261 PB - Verlagshaus Mainz GmbH AN - OPUS4-30315 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -