...of the performance of standards committees by modelling the strategy choices of participants in “anticipatory standardization” committees, and examining the equilibrium outcomes of such behavioral decisions in various economic and...
R&D based models relating technical change and economic growth have been unsuccessful in explaining the recent productivity paradox: R&D efforts have risen continuously in advanced countries during the postwar period...
...(SMEs), while IT standards for Information Technology(IT), also sometimes referred to as ICT (Information and Communication Technology). The seminar was funded by the European Commission (DG Enterprise) and had the...
...depends, for example, on whether one centres on the standards process, standards or standards implementations. I conclude that the above critique comprises an institutional dilemma, namely one between ‘standardisation as...
...relevant parts of the current legal regime foremost based on the primacy of ownership and market competition, and are there means to address supra-company public interests of compatibility? Java development...
...analyzed in the context of compatibility. The paper identifies several ways of achieving compatibility (compatibility strategies). These can be portrayed by four compatibility dimensions, one of which is standardization. In...
...competitive strategies used by high-tech companies. These strategies – such as personalized pricing, lock-in, and the adoption of uniform compatibility standards to fuel bandwagon effects – often rely on intellectual...
This FTC report discusses the contributions of patent law and competition to innovation, consumer welfare, and our nation’s prosperity. It identifies problems, including that of questionable patents, and makes recommendations...
...In this paper, we examine the tradeoff between mandated standards and interconnection. We first provide institutional background; we then empirically examine whether, other things being equal, penetration rates were lower...
The vision of the ACM Technical Standards Committee is to empower ACM members — as individual technical experts — so that they can actively participate in the standards making process....