Research on technology standards: Accomplishment and challenges

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1375-1406

  Narayanan, V K ^a   Chen, Tianxu ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition for standards; Dominant designs; Network externalities; Platforms; Standards

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMPLEX MODEL; DOMINANT DESIGN; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; PLATFORMS; STRATEGIC CHOICE; TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS;

RESEARCH;

STANDARDS;

EID: 84865257737     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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