Interoperability

An Empirical Study of Open Standards

This paper gives an overview of open standards for technology products.

Fragmentation vs. Standardization in the Market for DRM Solutions: Case Study of the Online Media Market

An examination of why different digital rights management technologies for preventing piracy do not all work together.

Standards of Power? Technology, Institutions, and Politics in the Development of China’s National Standards Strategy

This paper looks at how Chinese government policies impact high-tech standards.

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.