...have not as often acted as developers or adopters in the area of information and communications technologies (ICT) as they have in traditional areas of interest, such as public health...
The development and diffusion of network markets and underlying standards is an important domain in IS research. Yet, there is no sound theory nor practice to fully understand the complex...
...the best solution for any individual institution’s needs, balancing its enthusiasm with its own internal constraints and long term commitments. For example, open standards are a genuine good, but they...
Whether government should incline towards leading, following or simply getting out of the way [in standard setting] is a matter upon which there are likely to be strongly held differences...
...increasingly based upon information and communications technology, however, are far different, and include demands for faster standards development, less vulnerability to uncooperative owners of necessary patent claims, and a greater...
...a suggestion definition of an open standard). The network effect phenomenon is what makes the Internet and the World Wide Web such powerful communication and collaboration tools; it is the...
The most intimidating and intractable issue the leaders of the Group of 8 will face when they meet in Heiligandamm, Germany this week may well be global warming, a reality...
The lesson of the “tragedy of the commons” is that property that is communally owned is doomed to over-exploitation. This often observed phenomenon is reinforced by current property laws and...
Some have recently argued that corporate executives face increased risk of criminal liability under the SarbanesOxley Act of 2002 (SOX) if their companies develop and distribute code licensed under the...
...existing voluntary international standards in relation to government procurement. The initial (broader) legal opinion was completed by independent trade lawyer Michael Rogers, and was formally reviewed by Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder of...