Formal standards-setting for global telecommunications and information services: Towards an institutional regime transformation?

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 789-815

  David, Paul A ^a,c   Shurmer, Mark ^b  

^a ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NERA ECONOMIC CONSULTING   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; PUBLIC POLICY; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

GLOBAL COMMUNICATION STANDARDS;

TELECOMMUNICATION CONTROL;

EID: 0030385080     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(96)00060-2     Document Type: Article

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