Delay and de jure standardization: Exploring the slowdown in internet standards development

Standards and Public Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 260-295

  Simcoe, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84927955307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493249.009     Document Type: Chapter

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