We study de facto standard setting in markets with network effects. We closely examine the “browser war,” in which Netscape Navigator at first appeared likely to be a de facto...
...Internet. UDDI and other e-business registries are examples ofshared repositories. This paper discusses the XML and Web Services (including UDDI) standard-related technologies in the context ofe-business systems. A technology adoption...
...mechanisms by which the different participants in a market communicate, coordinate, and cooperate. The word has a number of meanings — units of weights and measures are standards, for example...
...and society, the Government of Québec must integrate its computer systems to create a service oriented open architecture. Following in the footsteps of various other governments and the European Community,...
...a relatively small part of the software on a full Linux system (many other large components come from the GNU project, the GNOME and KDE desktop projects, the X.org project,...
...specific ICT standard in a single company to a general economic impact of the whole stock of ICT standards at the sector level. The paper concludes with a comprehensive picture...
This study examines cooperative standard-setting in wireless telecommunications. Focusing on the competition among firms to influence formal standardization, the roles of standard-setting committees, private alliances, and technical consortia are highlighted....
...In this paper we study the consortium-based open e-Business standard development and adoption from an integrated perspective that recognizes the fact that firms have the choice of 1) joining the...
...to like interoperability is that we believe it leads to innovation, as well as other positive things like consumer choice, ease of use, and competition. In this study, we have...
Many project scheduling and management software systems are being employed in the construction industry. Standards-based translation is one way to achieve interoperability. This study discusses the applicability of the Process...