Advanced topics in information technology standards and standardization research.  Volume 1  [electronic resource] / 
 Information technology standards and standardization research 
Kai Jakobs, [editor]. 
 - Hershey, Pa. :  IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  c2006. 
 - electronic texts (ix, 348 p. : ill.) :  digital files. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. IT standards typology / Henk J. de Vries -- 2. Open standards requirements / Ken Krechmer -- 3. Block alliances and the formation of standards in the ITC industry / Alfred G. Warner -- 4. Standardization and other coordination mechanisms in open source software / Tineke M. Egyedi, Ruben van Wendel de Joode -- 5. Beyond consortia, beyond standardization? Redefining the consortium problem / Tineke M. Egyedi -- 6. Standardization and competing consortia : the trade-off between speed and compatibility / Marc van Wegberg -- 7. When is standardization slow? / M.H. Sherif -- 8. Ready--set--slow : a view from inside a CEN working group / J�urgen Wehnert -- 9. Patent & antitrust problems revisited in the context of wireless networking / Gary Lea -- 10. Intellectual property protection and standardization / Knut Blind, Nikolaus Thumm -- 11. Standards for telecommunication services / M.H. Sherif -- 12. Tightrope walking : standardization meets local work-practice in a hospital / Gunnar Ellingsen -- 13. Unified citation management and visualization using open standards : the open citation system / Mark Ginsburg -- 14. Standardization and network externalities / Sangin Park -- 15. Network effects and diffusion theory : extending economic network analysis / Tim Weitzel ... [et al.] -- 16. How high-technology start-up firms may overcome direct and indirect network externalities / Mark Pruett ... [et al.] -- 17. In pursuit of interoperability / Scott Moseley, Steve Randall, Anthony Wiles. 
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<br/><br/> This series of books features the most current research findings in all aspects of IT standardization research, from a diversity of angles, traversing the traditional boundaries between individual disciplines. Volume 1 presents a collection of chapters addressing a variety of aspects related to IT standards and the setting of standards. This book covers a variety of topics, such as economic aspects of standards, alliances in standardization and the relation between �formal� standards bodies and industry consortia. It also offers a glimpse inside a standards working group, as well as a look at applications of standards in different sectors. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1591409403 (ebook) 9781591409403 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4018/978-1-59140-938-0  doi 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Information technology--Standards.<br/>Standardization.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T58.5  / .A375 2006 v. 1 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>384.30218