...Wide Web to allow interface). Experts proclaim that P2P computing will usher in a new era of networked computing, allowing vast numbers of both business and individual users to communicate...
Two important features of European integration have been a deepening commitment to information privacy as a fundamental human right, and the successful integration of technical standards into regulatory frameworks to...
...manifold and extend even to issues like mutual recognition. The relationship of these techniques with the legal system is a complex one, relying on a wide range of instruments such...
Imagine a stock market in which buyers and sellers couldn’t find out the prices at which anyone else sold a share of stock. If you wanted to buy (or sell)...
Government bodies have been playing an active and frequently controversial role in many standards competitions in recent decades. The growing literature on standards by economists has largely neglected this role....
This paper seeks to better understand the competitive behavior of firms in standard-setting organizations by examining two case studies. We examine the development of mobile Internet standards by the Institute...
...life cycle, with overall impact measured in billions of dollars. The authors hope to encourage standards involvement, and also future research and analysis that might quantify the financial value of...
Enterprise computing will continue its inexorable march toward industry standards, given the inherent price/performance, TCO, availability, and deployment advantages. New research from IDC confirms that this trend is not only...
Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is being adopted by European regulators as a data standard for the exchange of business information. This paper examines the approach of XBRL International (XII)...
We investigate (1) whether the variation in accounting standards across national boundaries relative to International Accounting Standards (IAS) has an impact on the ability of financial analysts to forecast non-US...