BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Harmonization
- the resolution of inequalities in the pay and conditions of employment between different categories of workers
- the alignment of the systems of pay and benefits of two companies upon merger, acquisition, or takeover
- the removal of discrimination between full- and part-time workers
- the convergence of social regulation in the European Union
Wiktionary Definition for: Harmonization
- #The act of harmonize harmonizing.
Additional Resources
- International AccountingToward Research and Development Costs Harmonization
- Article is on International accounting that discusses the issues of research & development costs harmonization. Research and development (R&D) activities have become an increasingly important share of an enterprise's expenditures and worth. The accounting for R&D costs varies considerably by jurisdiction around the world. The different approaches can distort results...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence - Impact of Organic Guarantee Systems on Production and Trade in Organic Products
- This study set out to quantify the benefits from harmonization of organic standards and certification. The first part looks at the concepts involved with harmonization in the organic sector. The second part attempts to quantify the issues. As with most changes, gains and losses would not be evenly distributed, so...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- Piecing together global harmonization: while the industry may never fully harmonize third-generation technologies, the movers and shakers behind the scenes are trying to ensure that future approaches for advancing wireless standards offer customers some s
- Last year the term "harmonization"--as in the harmonization of third-generation technologies--surfaced again in the wireless industry. Unlike the concept's earlier heyday during the technology wars of the late 1990s, this time it may come closer to achieving its goals, conservative as they may be. ...
- Research articles 2002-01-21
- International Harmonization Of Accounting Standards, And The Question Of Off-Balance Sheet Treatment
- This article explores and explains the three approaches to accounting for securitization transactions. It also discusses how harmonization of these approaches might occur and the difficulties of achieving harmonization. It explores how accounting standards and their approaches to on- or off-balance sheet treatment might affect the securitization market and its...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Standardization or Harmonization? You Need Both
- The paper focuses on standardization and harmonization in context to business process management. Standardization means creating uniform business processes across various divisions or locations. It depicts that through standardization; individual business units can share expenses, and will benefit from a company-wide Business Process Management BPM. In the context of Business...
- White papers 2005-11-01
- A Generic Standard for the Risk Assessment Process: Discussion on a Proposal Made by the Program Committee of the JC - JRC Workshop on 'Promotion of Technical Harmonization of Risk-Based Decision Making'
- This paper reviews the background and nature of the 'generic standard for risk-based decision making' Generic Standard put forward by the Workshop's Organizing Committee Committee. Based on this analysis, the authors agree with the Committee's presumption that adopting a Generic Standard as a structural guideline for focused risk assessment standards...
- White papers 2001-10-19
- Regulatory harmonization in EC elusive, GAO reports. (European Community, General Accounting Office)
- WASHINGTON -- The European Community may still have a long way to go before it achieves complete harmonization of insurance regulation, according to a new report from the U.S. General Accounting Office. While the EC has already adopted the key elem WASHINGTON -- The...
- Research articles 1993-08-16
- NASAA questions SRO-regulation harmonization; Borg expresses concern that NASD rules will trump those of NYSE at new entity.(News)
- Byline: Dan Jamieson IRVINE, Calif. - State regulators are questioning whether some of the "harmonization'' of rules of the regulatory operations of NASD and the New York Stock Exchange will harm investor protection. The North...
- Research articles 2007-05-28
- Insurers aiming toward global mkt. harmonization. (International Life & Health Insurance Report)
- A solvency group of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development OECD met for the first time in Apr 1993 to discuss the potential harmonization of the international insurance industry. Insurers from the 24 OECD members testified on the workiA solvency group of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development...
- Research articles 1993-05-10
- Excipients group takes on issues beyond global harmonization.(International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council)
- THE INTERNATIONAL Pharmaceutical Excipients Council IPEC has widened its focus beyond its original mantra of harmonization. Regulatory issues and enhanced member support are now garnering more of the organization's attention. The excipient THE INTERNATIONAL Pharmaceutical Excipients Council...
- Research articles 1997-12-29
- FDAs Dr. Kessler to Chair Global Task Force for Harmonization of Medical Device Practices.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 December 2006-US FDA: FDAs Dr. Kessler to Chair Global Task Force for Harmonization of Medical Device PracticesC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27122006 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS is...
- Research articles 2006-12-28
- International harmonization of antitrust law: The tortoise or the hare?
- Harmonization is something to which only a curmudgeon would take exception. After all, the word conjures up images of musicality, pleasing relations, accord, and orderly combinations.1 To "harmonize" one country's laws with those of another must be a Good Thing. That type of harmonization suggests the structuring of both sets...
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES: UL seminar on Global Harmonization of Hazardous (Classified) Locations.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-26 May 1999-UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES: UL presents seminar on Global Harmonization of Hazardous Classified Locations C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:250599 Northbrook, Ill. -- Underwriters Laboratories Inc. UL will present a two-day seminar entitled "Global Harmonization of Hazardous Classified Locations," on...
- Research articles 1999-05-26
- INTA President Speaks About Harmonization of Trademark Law at APEC-IPEG Luncheon
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--July 23, 2002 On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, International Trademark Association INTA President Nils Victor Montan spoke about harmonization of trademark law at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group (APEC-IPEG) luncheon in Los Angeles, California, USA. "INTA believes that APEC's...
- Research articles 2002-07-23
- SEC & CFTC Announce Public Meetings on Harmonization of Market Regulation
- « Financial Firms Pay Big Bucks to Lobby Congress | Main The SEC and the CFTC announced that the two regulatory agencies will hold joint meetings to seek input from the public on harmonization of market regulation. President Barack Obama in June called on the two regulators to recommend changes to statutes...
- News items 2009-08-24
- The European Union's Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market has rejected efforts by Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar to block Anheuser-Busch's registration for "Bud" for a variety of entertainment and related services, the US brewer sai
- The European Union's Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market OHIM has rejected efforts by Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar to block Anheuser-Busch's registration for "Bud" for a variety of entertainment and related services, the US brewer said. If upheld on appeal, Anheuser-Busch said in a statement, the American brewer would...
- Research articles 2004-07-26
- Beginning Harmonization.(Industry Trend or Event)
- In recent months several individuals and organizations around the world have issued new calls for that previously sensitive and all-but-forgotten topic: harmonization of third-generation technologies. The concept, introduced by the CDMA Development Group in 1998 in the midst of the 3G technology...
- Research articles 2001-07-09
- Introduction: Issue on the harmonization of the securities laws
- The idea of international harmonization of the securities laws-the subject of this Issue-seems on its face happy and uncontroversial. But it isn't, necessarily. The scholarly field of "comparative" securities law has been thriving in recent years largely as a result of profound disagreement about the ideal normative structure of the...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- ASABE adopts five ISO standards: a step toward international harmonization.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
- The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers ASABE, has initiated action to adopt five international ISO standards concerning front- and rear-mounted power take-off shafts for agricultural tractors. Adoption of these documents is another step forward in advancing a mission of providing international harmonization of...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- Partial harmonization of EU directives limit municipal water and wastewater treatment equipment market; Water sector needs to be reformed and restructured for financial sustainability.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-19 September 2005-FROST & SULLIVAN: Partial harmonization of EU directives limit municipal water and wastewater treatment equipment market; Water sector needs to be reformed and restructured for financial sustainabilityC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19092005 London, UK - The fulfilment of...
- Research articles 2005-09-19
