This paper looks at the relations that exist between standardisation and user-side innovation in ICT. Some necessary background information are followed by a discussion of how standards and user-side innovations are shaped. A mutual influence between standardisation and innovation can be identified. To avoid the emergence of standards that are beneficial only for a handful of users a co-ordinated representation of users in standards setting is suggested.
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ICT, Innovation, Standardisation, Users
| Language(s): | English |
| Authors | Jakobs, Kari (Aachen University, Germany) |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Keywords: | ICT, Innovation, Standardisation, Users |
| Last update: | 2006 |