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Coordinating Technology: Studies in the International Standardization of Telecommunications »
Authors: Susanne K. Schmidt, Raymund Werle
ISBN-13: 9780262193931, ISBN-10: 0262193930
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: MIT Press
Date Published: December 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Susanne K. Schmidt
Susanne K. Schmidt is Vicedean of the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences at the University of Bremen.
Book Synopsis
Susanne Schmidt and Raymund Werle present three case studies from the telecommunications industry to highlight the actors, the process, the politics, and the influence exerted by international organizations in the construction of standards.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Actor-Centered Institutionalism: A Social-Shaping Perspective on Standardization and the Coordination of Technology | 11 |
| 2 | Standards and Technical Development | 25 |
| 3 | Institutionalized and Alternative Modes of International Standardization | 43 |
| 4 | Standard Setting | 85 |
| 5 | Standardization in a Transitory Environment | 123 |
| 6 | The Institutional Framework | 127 |
| 7 | Interactive Videotex | 147 |
| 8 | Facsimile (Telefax) | 185 |
| 9 | Message Handling (X.400) | 229 |
| 10 | Standardization as Coordination | 265 |
| 11 | Coordination of Standardization | 277 |
| 12 | Sources and Effects of Variation in a Stable Framework | 297 |
| Conclusion | 305 | |
| Notes | 309 | |
| References | 323 | |
| Index | 353 |
Subjects
Business Books
International Business International Business - General & Miscellaneous
Engineering Telecommunications Telecommunications Technology
International Business International Business - General & MiscellaneousEngineering
Telecommunications Telecommunications Technology
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