Chinese institutions and standardization: The case of government support to domestic third generation cellular standard

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 399-412

  Kshetri, Nir ^a   Palvia, Prashant ^a   Dai, Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

3G cellular communications; China; Compatibility; Institutions; ITU; Standardization; TD SCDMA

Indexed keywords

3G CELLULAR; CHINA; COMPATIBILITY; INSTITUTIONS; ITU; TD-SCDMA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 79953702830     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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