Consortium Problem Redefined: Negotiating Democracy in the Actor Network on Standardization

International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (IJITSR)

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 22-38

  Egyedi, Tineke M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

democratic standards procedures; ECMA; European network on standardization; meaning negotiation; social constructivist theory; social shaping approach; standards consortia; W3C

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001871767     PISSN: 15393062     EISSN: 15393054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2003070102     Document Type: Article

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