Standard setting committees: Consensus governance for shared technology platforms

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 305-336

  Simcoe, Timothy ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84856844116     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.1.305     Document Type: Review

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