Qualcomm's standards strategy

Proceedings from the 2nd IEEE Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology, SIIT 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 62-76

  West, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STANDARDIZATION; STUDENTS;

GRADUATE STUDENTS; MOBILE TELEPHONES; NATIONAL POLICIES; QUALCOMM; STANDARDS COMPETITIONS; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

STANDARDS;

EID: 0345935582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIIT.2001.968556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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