| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 400 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Shane Greenstein and Victor Stango -- Standard setting in markets : the browser war / Timothy F. Bresnahan and Pai-Ling Yin -- Competition through institutional form : the case of cluster tool standards / Richard N. Langlois -- The economic realities of open standards : black, white, and many shades of gray / Joel West -- Coordination costs and standard setting : lessons from 56K modems / Shane Greenstein and Marc Rysman -- Promoting e-business through vertical IS standards : lessons from the US home mortgage industry / Charles W. Steinfield, Rolf T. Wigand, M. Lynne Markus, and Gabe Minton -- Intellectual property and standardization committee participation in the US modem industry / Neil Gandal, Nataly Gantman, and David Genesove -- Manipulating interface standards as an anticompetitive strategy / Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason and Janet S. Netz -- Delay and de jure standardization : exploring the slowdown in Internet standards development / Timothy Simcoe -- Standardization : a failing paradigm / Carl Cargill and Sherrie Bolin -- Standards battles and public policy / Luís M.B. Cabral and Tobias Kretschmer -- Switching to digital television : business and public policy issues / Norbert Maier and Marco Ottaviani -- Should competition policy favor compatibility? / Joseph Farrell. |
| Summary |
Despite general agreement that technological standards are important, there is much less agreement on the central policy questions, such as whether markets choose the best standards, and what constitutes appropriate public policy toward standards. In this volume, leading researchers in the field focus on these key questions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Telecommunication policy.
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Telecommunication policy. |
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Information technology -- Standards.
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Information technology -- Standards. |
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Telecommunication -- Standards.
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Telecommunication -- Standards. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Greenstein, Shane M.
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Stango, Victor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Standards and public policy. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 052186450X 9780521864503 (DLC) 2007274624 (OCoLC)71347562 |
| ISBN |
9780511493249 (electronic book) |
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051149324X (electronic book) |
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0511260806 (electronic book) |
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9780511260803 (electronic book) |
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9780511261374 (electronic book) |
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0511261373 (electronic book) |
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0511259573 |
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9780511259579 |
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0511260245 |
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9780511260247 |
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9786610749362 |
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6610749361 |
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052186450X (Cloth) |
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9780521864503 (hardback) |
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