New applications in IT standards developments and progress / [electronic resource] : [edited by] Kai Jakobs. - Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2010. - electronic texts (399 p.) : digital files.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Foundations and future prospects of standards studies -- 2. Developing a basis for global reciprocity -- 3. US and EU regulatory competition and authentication standards in electronic commerce -- 4. A step towards the adoption of standards within the UK Ministry of Defence -- 5. On aligning the properties of standards with the needs of their direct users - network operators -- 6. The performance of standard setting organizations -- 7. Patents and standards in the ICT sector -- 8. A framework to build process theories of anticipatory information and communication technology (ICT) standardizing -- 9. Integrating real option and dynamic capability theories of firm boundaries -- 10. Standardization education -- 11. How engineers learn about standards -- 12. IT service management standards -- 13. Factors influencing the lifetime of telecommunication and information technology standards -- 14. IPR policy of the DVB project -- 15. Structural effects of platform certification on a complementary product market.

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This book unites contributions on all facets of standards research, providing essential research on developing, teaching, and implementing standards in global organizations and institutions. Researchers can benefit from specific cases, frameworks, and new theories in IT standards studies--Provided by publisher.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781605669472 (ebook)

10.4018/978-1-60566-946-5 doi




Information technology--Standards.

Authentication standards in e-commerce Engineering and standards education Global reciprocity ICT standardization IT service management standards Patent data for evaluation Patents and standards in ICT sector Real option and dynamic capability theories integration Standards in relation to direct users Structural effects of platform certification


Electronic books.

T58.5 / .N485 2010e

621.39/810218