...been willing to permit expert testimony on damages based on methodologies that had little or no rational, scientific, or business basis. However, four recent cases in the US are indicative...
As transaction costs have become an increasing part of the economy’s overall costs, reducing transaction costs has become increasingly important in economic organisation. An example where this is pertinent is...
A word of caution is in order. Dissecting this topic requires an understanding of law, programming, history, economics, business strategy, and public policy. No one, includ-ing the author, is adequately...
For decades, the idea of “open”-ness has been used as a competitive strategy by firms in the computers and communications industries. Phrases like “open standard,” “open source” and more recently...
The BIS, ECB, EUROSTAT, IMF, OECD, and UN have joined together to focus on business practices in the field of statistical information that would allow more efficient processes for exchange...
Why is it that, during the last decade, EU environmental policy has focused on realising technical standards? This question becomes the more interesting as technical standardization organisations do not have...
Open Source may be viewed by many as a revolutionary phenomenon that is capable of providing the software industry with an alternative and competitive way of doing business.
...and effort writing and debugging software, most often with no direct monetary compensation. The programs, some of which are extremely large and complex, are written without the benefit of traditional...
...at the same time providing a constant interface against which to develop this new networked world.)This is incorrect and at best a marketing platform from which companies can attempt to...
The personal computer revolution and the following internet wave have resulted in a large influx of new technology stakeholders. These new stakeholders have a material interest in the technical standards...