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...
This paper examines the adoption decisions for I.T. standards made in three types of large U.S. organizations, using a series of depth interviews. The study relates prior research on standards...
A simple model is developed to study royalty negotiations between a patent holder and a downstream firm whose product is more valuable if it includes a feature covered by the...
...exploit their licenses. In addition to their pro-competitive effects, patent pools can also have a number of anti-competitive effects. Competition authorities need to look closely at the exact conditions set...
Communication technologies contain embedded values that affect our society’s fundamental values, such as privacy, freedom of speech, and the protection of intellectual property. Researchers have shown the design of technologies...
...the results of a study of long-standing members of committees in charge of standardizing electronic messaging systems, from ISO, ITU, and the IETF. I will look at who they are,...
...a recommendation by the Federal Networking Council Advisory Committee, commissioned a study of intellectual property and new technology issues by the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academies....
...the online environment. With this study, we have tried to better understand the nature of online privacy concerns; we look beyond the fact that people are concerned and attempt to...
...I find that the sponsor of new emerging technology might choose a research strategy that is too safe. I also study the consequences of allowing side payments between generations of...
It is widely acknowledged that standards implemented in open source software can reduce risks for lock-in, improve interoperability, and promote competition on the market. However, there is limited knowledge concerning...