International Standardization Strategies of Latecomers: The Cases of Korean TPEG, T-DMB, and Binary CDMA

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 824-838

  Choung, Jae Yong ^a   Ji, Illyong ^a   Hameed, Tahir ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Binary CDMA; East Asia; Formal standards; Korea; Strategies; T DMB; TPEG

Indexed keywords

PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STANDARDIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

KOREA;

EID: 79953043594     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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