...predicted to see rapid evolution during the coming decade and to hold a major share of both economic activity and growth. Second, these technologies are knowledge-based and most have been...
We approach our theme both theoretically and empirically using the example of wireless communications in the European Union and in the United States. Using a neo-institutional economic approach, we first...
...it will change significantly. Recently, however, interpretation problems have arisen, and it has become apparent that some companies have sought to game the process as part of their business plans....
As you know, intellectual property-based exports – whether copyrighted music, movies or software, or patent-protected goods such as pharmaceuticals or electronic products – have become this country’s number one export....
Several sectors within Information and Communication Technology demonstrate a shift from purely market-based selection of standards or purely negotiated selection of standards to hybrid selection processes, where both market competition...
...substantial success of Posix standards (and the business impact of standards in general) differs from that presented in Micro’s May/June 1998 issue. The overall Unix market boasts billions of dollars...
...practices and policies. The Berkeley-Doshisha Employment and Technology Working Paper Series reflects a collaborative relationship between WTS and the Institute for Technology, Enterprise and Competitiveness at Doshisha University in Japan....
This is a small study (20 days) of the economics of standards for the Standards and Trade Regulation Directorate of DTI. The remit for this study was in five parts:...
The question this paper will examine is which strategic levers can be used in standardization processes to gain and maintain competitive advantage. Therefore it is necessary to have a look...
Since 1964, a succession of computer platforms have provided an integrated architecture of hardware and software standards to provide a basis for building complementary assets such as application software and...