Effectiveness of the international 3G standardisation process and implications for China's 3G policy

International Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 124-139

  Reimers, Kai ^a   Li, Mingzhi ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Innovation; Mobile communications; Regulation; Standardisation; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547897361     PISSN: 17400600     EISSN: 17400619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2007.012279     Document Type: Article

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