The political economy of standards setting by newcomers: China's WAPI and South Korea's WIPI

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 662-671

  Lee, Heejin ^a   Oh, Sangjo ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Dongyang Technical College   (South Korea)

Author keywords

China; International standards; Korea; Standards war; WAPI; WIPI

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; STANDARDIZATION; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CHINA; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; KOREA; WAPI; WIPI;

STANDARDS;

EID: 55749105532     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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