Sponsors, communities, and standards: Ethernet vs. token ring in the local area networking business

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-375

  von Burg, Urs ^a   Kenney, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; NETWORKING; STANDARD (REGULATION); TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0742270449     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366271032000163621     Document Type: Article

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