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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jeffrey L Funk |
ISBN: | 033397039X 9780333970393 |
OCLC Number: | 47231147 |
Description: | xv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Key theoretical issues in competition within and between standards -- 3. Market and committee mechanisms in setting global standards -- 4. Committee- and market-based competition in the mobile infrastructure market -- 5. Committee and particularly market competition in the mobile phone market -- 6. Third generation and mobile Internet standards and competition in third generation infrastructure and phones -- 7. A proposed model of technological change -- Appendixes: -- 1. Interviews -- 2. Analysis of the first 20 GSM orders -- 3. Example of standard setting in other industries that require high investments -- 4. Large investments and interface ambiguities: The Internet. |
Responsibility: | Jeffrey L. Funk. |
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'As the industry gears up for the next generation of high-speed products and services, Professor Funk's treatise takes an exemplary new look at global competition in the evolution and adoption of mobile phone standards.' - Mike Butler (VP Product Creation Nokia Mobile Phones)'The growth of the mobile communication technology in recent years has attracted great attention of people all over the world. Despite the recent setback in the telecom sector in the western capital market, telecommunication remains the most important single factor in the world economy today. Jeffrey Funk has done a great job of tracking the growth of this industry in the international arena. He has presented the results of his research in the area of standards and how they affect the growth of the industry. To understand the political process behind the development of telecom standards, one needs to delve into a lot factors that Dr Funk has studied. The book will be valuable to any one who wants to understand the forces that have shaped this dynamic industry.' - Alok Chakrabarti, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'Jeffrey Funk's analysis of competition in the mobile communication industry over the last 20 years gives a compelling insight into how competition will proceed into the third generation mobile communications system.' - Heinz Blankenfeld, Siemens AG Read more...

