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Product Liability and Innovation : Managing Risk in an Uncertain Environment.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""PRODUCT LIABILITY AND INNOVATION""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Overview and Perspectives""; ""ROOTS OF THE DEBATE""; ""CONFLICTING EVIDENCE""; ""THE ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE""; ""THE PRODUCT LIABILITY-INNOVATION DYNAMIC""; ""Expansion of the System Creates Uncertainty""; ""Another Perspective""; ""IMPACT ON ENGINEERING PRACTICES, INNOVATION, AND CORPORATE STRATEGIES""; ""Materials Suppliers""; ""General Aviation""; ""Automotive Industry""; ""Commercial Aviation and Pharmaceuticals""; ""WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM THESE INDUSTRY CASES?""
- ""Product Liability Affects Industries Differently""""How Companies Manage the Risk of Product Liability""; ""THE SOCIAL, LEGAL, AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT""; ""WHAT CAN BE DONE?""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""THE DYNAMICS OF INNOVATION AND PRODUCT LIABILITY""; ""Technology Issues and Product Liability""; ""DEFINING THE TERMS""; ""THE PRODUCT LIABILITY-INNOVATION LINK""; ""SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGY ISSUES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Making Product Liability Work for You: A Path Out of the Product Liability Jungle""; ""MANUFACTURING DEFECTS""; ""INNOCENT MISREPRESENTATION""
- ""FAILURE TO WARN""""DESIGN DEFECTS""; ""TORT REFORM INITIATIVES""; ""State Tort Reform""; ""Federal Tort Reform""; ""INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""The Role of the Justice System in the Product Liability Debate""; ""COMMON MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE PRODUCT LIABILITY SYSTEM""; ""OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT""; ""NOTES""; ""IMPACT ON ENGINEERING PRACTICE, INNOVATION, AND CORPORATE STRATEGIES""; ""The Chemical Industry: Risk Management in Today's Product Liability Environment""; ""RISK MANAGEMENT""; ""BROAD IMPACTS OF PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION""
- ""IMPACTS ON NEW MATERIALS AND MARKETS""""SOLUTIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Medical Devices, Component Materials, and Product Liability""; ""PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS""; ""REGULATING MEDICAL DEVICES""; ""IMPORTANCE OF MEDICAL DEVICES""; ""IMPACT OF PRODUCT LIABILITY""; ""The Suppliers' Dilemma""; ""Suppliers Become Liable, Too""; ""Impacts of Short-Term Solutions""; ""PRESCRIPTION FOR PROGRESS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""General Aviation Engineering in a Product Liability Environment""; ""AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING""; ""ENGINEERING CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY PRODUCT LIABILITY""
- ""Engineering Resource Allocation""""Documentation""; ""Joint Research Efforts""; ""Design""; ""Product-related Publications""; ""Certification""; ""Regulation""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""Indirect Effects of Product Liability on a Corporation""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""PRODUCT LIABILITY IMPACTS""; ""Product Strategies""; ""Relationships with Other Firms""; ""Financing""; ""Relationship with Regulators""; ""Internal and External Communications""; ""Engineering Design""; ""Manufacturing""; ""Personnel Policies""; ""Handling Risk""; ""International Competitiveness""; ""REFORMS ARE NECESSARY""