Collaboration and research
The NSSF research activities are helping us find out what people think of standards, who uses them, who participates in their development, and how we can improve the efficiency of standards in business, government and society. To date we have published reports on:
- Standards and Innovation
- Government and Standardization
- Standards: Productivity Driver or Regulatory Burden
- Small Business Survey
In addition the DTI has recently published an economic report The Empirical Economics of Standards. It reveals that:
- Standards make an annual contribution of £2.5 billion to the UK economy
- 13% of the growth in labour productivity is attributed to the role of standards
- Standards are an enabler of innovation and a facilitator of technological change
- The economic return from investment in standards makes sound business sense at both a macro and micro-economic level.
How you can get involved
We can offer universities and business schools opportunities to work with us to extend the UK research base on standards by working with the NSSF and BSI. For example, one area of research we are interested in is the economic benefits of standards to individual companies.
If you're interested in talking to us about possible research partnerships, please contact:
Education Executive
BSI British Standards
389 Chiswick High Road
London W4 4HS
Email: education.info@bsi-global.com
Tel: 020 8996 7534