Nils Brunsson is Professor of Management at the Stockholm School of Economics and Chairman of the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score). He has published eighteen books and numerous articles in the field of organizations, including The Irrational Organization (Wiley, 1985), The Organization of Hypocrisy (Wiley, 1989), and Organizing Organizations (Fagbokforlaget, 1998). His main focus has been decision theory and the institutional analysis of organizations. He has held the City of Stockholm Chair in Management at the Stockholm School of Economics since 1986. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.Bengt Jacobsson is Professor of Management at Södertörn University College. He has previously worked at Lund University and the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score). His main focus has been organization theory and complex decision-making processes involving political organizations as well as companies. His current interest is transnational regulation, especially its consequences for states. He has published numerous books and articles.

Takes an unusualand refreshing approach towards standards and their role in the world ... A World of Standards widens the discussion in the field of standardization, and can be recommended for anyone interested in this area.

• PART I: REGULATING BY STANDARDS; PART II: PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING STANDARDS; PART III: ADOPTING STANDARDS

Nils Brunsson is Professor of Management at the Stockholm School of Economics and Chairman of the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score). He has published eighteen books and numerous articles in the field of organizations, including The Irrational Organization (Wiley, 1985), The Organization of Hypocrisy (Wiley, 1989), and Organizing Organizations (Fagbokforlaget, 1998). His main focus has been decision theory and the institutional analysis of organizations. He has held the City of Stockholm Chair in Management at the Stockholm School of Economics since 1986. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.Bengt Jacobsson is Professor of Management at Södertörn University College. He has previously worked at Lund University and the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score). His main focus has been organization theory and complex decision-making processes involving political organizations as well as companies. His current interest is transnational regulation, especially its consequences for states. He has published numerous books and articles.

Takes an unusualand refreshing approach towards standards and their role in the world ... A World of Standards widens the discussion in the field of standardization, and can be recommended for anyone interested in this area.

• PART I: REGULATING BY STANDARDS; PART II: PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING STANDARDS; PART III: ADOPTING STANDARDS

Nils Brunsson is Professor of Management at the Stockholm School of Economics and Chairman of the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score). He has published eighteen books and numerous articles in the field of organizations, including The Irrational Organization (Wiley, 1985), The Organization of Hypocrisy (Wiley, 1989), and Organizing Organizations (Fagbokforlaget, 1998). His main focus has been decision theory and the institutional analysis of organizations. He has held the City of Stockholm Chair in Management at the Stockholm School of Economics since 1986. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.Bengt Jacobsson is Professor of Management at Södertörn University College. He has previously worked at Lund University and the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score). His main focus has been organization theory and complex decision-making processes involving political organizations as well as companies. His current interest is transnational regulation, especially its consequences for states. He has published numerous books and articles.

Takes an unusualand refreshing approach towards standards and their role in the world ... A World of Standards widens the discussion in the field of standardization, and can be recommended for anyone interested in this area.

• PART I: REGULATING BY STANDARDS; PART II: PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING STANDARDS; PART III: ADOPTING STANDARDS