Interoperability

Strategic Behavior in Standard-Setting Organizations

The paper looks at how firms behave when setting standards.

Road To Open Document Standards, The

This paper looks at a dispute over standards between open source and traditional software interests.

Standardization and Technological Innovation: Some Reflections on Ex-ante Licensing, FRAND*

This paper review proposals to change how patents are used in standards.

Logic and Limits of Ex Ante Competition in a Standard-Setting Environment, The

This paper looks at whether ex ante (pre-standard) actions effectively prevent opportunistic firm behaviors.

Coordinating Failures in Product Selection in Monopolistic Competition Models of Innovation

This paper asks what economic factors affect which innovations are made.

Patents and the Performance of Voluntary Standard Setting Organizations

This paper looks the effect of making a firm’s technology part of a standard.

DVD Versus DIVX Standard War, The: Empirical Evidence of Network Effects and Preannouncement Effects

This paper looks at how firms’ announcements about technology to media affect consumers and competition.

Standardization Policy and International Trade

This paper looks at whether government can set technology standards to limit trade from other nations.

Dynamics of Technological Adoption in Hardware/Software Systems, The: The Case of Compact Disc Players

This paper considers why consumers adopt new technology.