Title :
Standardization and Coordination
Author :
Greenstein, Shane
Author_Institution :
greenstein@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Abstract :
Modern computing markets need standards to function. Arguably, the need became greater with the rise of an ever-more connected network and applications. In this issue´s column, the author counts five distinct ways public standards coordinate market behavior.
Keywords :
Costs; Organizing; Poles and towers; Power generation economics; Protocols; Standardization; Standards development; TCPIP; Telephone sets; XML; economics; hardware; public standards; standardization;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
