Standards have historically evolved from the codification of existing practices that had
achieved market dominance. This paper reviews the evolution of standards and the …

The papers in this volume were presented at a conference on Empirical Approaches to
Consumer Protection Economics held at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington. DC …

This paper presents a model of duopolists producing differentiated substitutes. Greater
compatibility between the products causes each to have a greater demand. However, each …

This paper empirically explores the procedures employed by standard-setting organizations.
Consistent with Lerner-Tirole (2004), we find (a) a negative relationship between the extent …

The creation of interface standards enables competition at the level of components, rather
than competition in complete systems. Consumers often benefit from component …

Eine grundlegende Fragestellung im E-Business liegt in der geeigneten Vernetzung
verschiedener Akteure. Dabei gibt es netzwerkspezifische Koordinationsprobleme, die aus …

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This paper analyses the extent and character of product innovation in defence technologies
where there are strong network effects, but where there is not a generally accepted system …

This paper examines the management by equipment suppliers of consistency between their
product development efforts and the evolution of public standards. We specify structures …

The analysis of standardization processes is dominated by the concept of positive network
externalities. This paper develops an alternative view on standardization processes which is …