Key Theoretical Issues in Competition Within and Between Standards

Jeffrey L. Funk

Chapter 2 in Global Competition Between and Within Standards, 2002, pp 21-35 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter looks at a number of theoretical issues that play a key role in this competition between and within standards. It begins by placing the competition between and within standards within the context of the technology change literature. The technology change literature argues that standards are created in response to the emergence of new technologies, often called technological discontinuities. The chapter examines the theoretical issues surrounding this competition between standards, including the literature on the roles of markets and comrnittees in the competition between standards and the hypotheses that investment size and interface ambiguity moderate the role of these committees and markets.

Keywords: Switching Cost; Global Competition; Network Economy; Supply Relationship; Platform Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230288867_2

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