...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....
...community. Taking microsystems technology as a concrete example, we discussed the role of standardization in the introduction of new technologies. A number of surprising and widely diverging lines of argumentation...
...policy makers are searching for ways to improve the protection of information systems that are of strategic importance for economic growth and competitiveness, as well as national security. And the...