<mets:mets OBJID="eprint_14374" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/METS/ http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/mets.xsd http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" LABEL="Eprints Item" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mets="http://www.loc.gov/METS/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"><mets:metsHdr CREATEDATE="2026-07-15T08:24:33Z"><mets:agent ROLE="CUSTODIAN" TYPE="ORGANIZATION"><mets:name>Munich Personal RePEc Archive</mets:name></mets:agent></mets:metsHdr><mets:dmdSec ID="DMD_eprint_14374_mods"><mets:mdWrap MDTYPE="MODS"><mets:xmlData><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Aligning at ISO 9001 requirements - a true challange for Romanian SMEs</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Carmen</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Hmelnitchi</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Ion</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Neamtu</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Beginning with ’90 years in Romania have been created more and more private enterprises, which today form a consistent sector of so called “small and mid-sized enterprises” (SMEs). Focusing on profit and being in favorable conditions with a high market require, the SMEs  not always pay attention at the quality of their delivered products and services. Adhering at European Union, in 2007, brought both the internationalizing of Romanian market, but also the higher constrains regarding quality of delivered products and services. So, it’s easy to understand why the SMEs begin to think at designing and implementing of an efficient quality management system. The issue presents some conclusions of my research achieved (between Oct. 2007 – Feb. 2008) in the frame of 70 Romanian SMEs.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">F00 - General</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">F0 - General</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">O2 - Development Planning and Policy</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">D60 - General</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">L15 - Information and Product Quality ; Standardization and Compatibility</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8601">2009-04-01</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>MPRA Paper</mods:genre></mets:xmlData></mets:mdWrap></mets:dmdSec><mets:amdSec ID="TMD_eprint_14374"><mets:rightsMD ID="rights_eprint_14374_mods"><mets:mdWrap MDTYPE="MODS"><mets:xmlData><mods:useAndReproduction>
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