Facilitating Technology Services: National and European Standards and the Shaping of FORCE Technology, 1940–2005

Lars Heide
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Lars Heide: Copenhagen Business School

A chapter in The European Enterprise, 2008, pp 127-137 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In 2003, FORCE Technology achieved a contract to assist Talisman Energy, a Canadian oil and gas producer, planning and implementing inspection of welds and corrosion of the company’s ageing oil and gas rigs in the British part of the North Sea.1 This was a key element in their integrity management, facilitating prolonged use and improved profitability. Welding inspection was based upon trust, as you could not assess the quality of this technology service with the naked eye. A welding inspection provider could achieve trust either by reputation based on established record-in this case within the British off-shore industry — or by referring to standards. Welding was one of the most standardised fields of technology service, and FORCE Technology attained this contract based upon established European standards though it had no British subsidiary.

Keywords: Technology Service; Single Market; Board Meeting; Weld Institute; Norwegian Company (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74038-4_9

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