UID:
almahu_9947414875002882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 400 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511493249 (ebook)
Content:
Technological standards are a cornerstone of the modern information economy, affecting firm strategy, market performance and, by extension, economic growth. While there is general agreement that swift movement to superior technological standards is a worthwhile goal, there is much less agreement on the central policy questions: do markets choose efficient standards? How do standards organizations affect the development of standards? And finally, what constitutes appropriate public policy toward standards? In this volume, leading researchers in public policy on standards, including both academics and industry experts, focus on these key questions. Given the dearth of applied work on standards and public policy, this volume significantly advances the frontier of knowledge in this critical but understudied area. It will be essential reading for academic and industrial researchers as well as policymakers.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Standard setting in markets : the browser war / Timothy F. Bresnahan, Pai-Ling Yin -- Competition through institutional form : the case of cluster tool standards / Richard N. Langolois -- The economic realities of open standards : black, white, and many shades of gray / Joel West -- Coordination costs and standard setting : lessons from 56K modems / Shane Greenstein, Marc Rysman -- Promoting e-business through vertical IS standards : lessons from the US home mortgage industry / Charles W. Steinfield, Rolf T. Wigand, M. Lynne Markus, Gabe Minton -- Manipulating interface standards as an anticompetitive strategy / Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason, Janet S. Netz -- Delay and de jure standardization : exploring the slowdown in Internet standards development / Timothy Simcoe -- Standardization : a failing paradigm / Carl Cargill, Sherrie Bolin -- Standards battles and public policy / Luis M.B. Cabral, Tobias Ketschmer -- Switching to digital television : business and public policy issues / Norbert Maier, Marco Ottaviani -- Should competition policy favor compatibility? / Joseph Farrell.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521864503
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511493249
