In the 1990s, ISO9000 (a quality management system) spread through many industries.
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"I am 100 percent convinced that if we are going to have comprehensive affordable quality coverage for all and spread the risk amongst the entire population, you have to have individual mandates, " he says.
Last year's subprime-fueled gridlock in the credit markets even spread to high-quality debt, however, as investors realized that the re-packaging and re-distribution of risky loans could signify a ticking time bomb in all corners of credit.
Whalen says there is a risk the contagion will spread further and create more credit quality problems for banks.
Shareworthy content can spread much wider than low-quality, dull and useless content.
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The greatest barriers to the spread of truly digital photography are price and quality.
At the moment it is spread across two - Monitor and the Care Quality Commission.
More generally, there was a wider spread of value among the teams, so that the average quality of the teams in the Euros is higher.
Secondly, when I spread myself too thin, the end result is never the quality it would have been if I'd devoted my full time and energy.
If you buy wine the best bottles will come from a single vineyard as you spread out to the region and then the country the price and quality drops.
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But it argued that its own continued publication would provide easier access to "quality" information for politicians and ordinary readers, as well as countering the spread of unfounded rumours.
The new emphasis on quality and efficiency may encourage even more consolidation among hospitals bigger hospitals can spread risk across patients, invest in information technology and create standardised procedures that can easily be replicated.
Does this mean that high yield bonds are over-valued? (likely), that Treasury bonds are over-valued, since high yield bonds are priced as a spread above Treasuries? (very likely), and that high quality stocks in a universe of mostly overvalued liquid assets are relatively cheap? (likely).
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Visit any burgeoning city in the developing world from Shanghai to Mexico City and the same reality emerges: as cities get larger, they spread out, as people begin to aspire, as best they can, for the quality of life that most North Americans and Europeans already take for granted.
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