Strategy for technology standardization based on the theory of entropy

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 311-320

  Jiang, Hong ^a   Zhao, Shukuan ^a   Qiu, Shumin ^b   Chen, Yong ^c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Industrial innovation; IT management; Punctuated equilibrium theory; Strategic management; Systems science; Technology standard

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868668975     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-012-0137-6     Document Type: Article

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