A standards war waged by a developing country: Understanding international standard setting from the actor-network perspective

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-195

  Lee, Heejin ^a   Oh, Sangjo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Dongyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; China; Standardization; Standards; Standards war; WAPI; Wi Fi

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MARKETING; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS;

ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY (ANT); CHINA; STANDARDS WAR; WAPI; WI-FI;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EID: 33746878307     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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