Scanning the commons? evidence on the benefits to startups participating in open standards development

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-223

  Waguespack, David M ^a   Fleming, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Open innovation; Standards

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FIRM STRATEGY; INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE METHODS; INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCES; OPEN INNOVATION; OPEN STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES; TWO STAGE MODEL; VENTURE CAPITALISTS;

STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 67649980329     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0944     Document Type: Article

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