Standardization and Expectations

Standardization and Expectations by Tobias Langenberg.

Over the last decades, technological progress has brought about a multitude of standardization problems. For instance, compatibility standards ensure the interoperability of goods, which is of decisive importance when users face positive externalities in consumption. Consumers' expectations are...

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Main Author: Langenberg, Tobias (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 562
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Microeconomics.
Game theory.
Industrial organization.
Economic theory.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • The Economics of Standardization: Basic Concepts
  • Standardization of Educational Signals and Job Matching
  • Inter-Technology versus Intra-Technology Competition in Network Markets
  • Standardization of Nascent Technologies: The Tradeoff between Early Standardization and Experimentation
  • Summary of Findings.

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