Kai Jakobs

This chapter first provides a brief introduction to the links between standards and standardization, innovation, and economics. This will be followed a description of the complex...

Quality assurance is an essential aspect for ensuring the success of corporations worldwide. Consistent quality requirements across organizations of similar types ensure that...

The chapter first looks at the links that exist between standards and standardization on the one hand and innovation and economics on the other. It then offers a brief...

Standardization is no longer a technical activity. Rather, most large firms as well as policymakers and many other public sector entities have realized the economic and political...

Interoperability standards are a sine-qua-non for smart applications and the underlying smart communication infrastructure. This chapter looks at two issues that are associated...

The article first looks at the links that exist between standards and standardization on the one hand and innovation and economics on the other. It then offers a brief...

IT standards and standardization are a necessary part of effectively delivering IT and IT services to organizations and individuals, as well as streamlining IT processes and...

The use of standards to optimize the interoperability of systems has become commonplace in the business world. Though once believed to limit innovation, it has been shown that...

Today, the technical, economic and regulatory importance of standards is no longer questioned. Standards allow complex technical systems to interoperate, they extend or even...

In fields as diverse as research and development, governance, and international trade, success depends on effective communication. However, limited research exists on how...

This chapter discusses the influence individuals have in the ICT standards development process. The chapter draws upon ideas underlying the theory of the Social Shaping of...

International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR) publishes the latest research related to standards and standardization in organizations and societies of all types....

The acceleration of the Internet and the growing importance of ICT in the globalized markets have played a vital role in the progressively difficult standardization of ICT...

This Foreword is included in the book Evolution and Standardization of Mobile Communications Technology.

The paper reports findings of a project that aimed at making initial recommendations on how the standards setting processes for the Internet of Things can be adapted to provide...

In recent years, IT standardization has become increasingly complex as a result of globalization, widespread Internet use, and the economic importance of standards. New...

E-business standards can better adapt to the changing needs of tomorrow's networked organizations by applying information communication technologies today. Information...

EVENT REPORT: Recently, the ITU-T has started to increase their efforts in the field of co-operation with academia. A consultation meeting of ITU-T and representatives of...

Successful cooperation between large manufacturers and their suppliers is a crucial aspect, especially in the automotive industry. Such mutually beneficial cooperation requires...

The chapter argues that any distinction between “e-business” and “infrastructure” is artificial. It shows that the lower-level techncial standards that make up the ICT...

This chapter briefly outlines a study that looked at potential links between ICT / e-business standards’ origins and their subsequent success in the market (or lack thereof). The...

The chapter tries to provide the information that potential standards-setters should consider when selecting a standards setting body (SSB). It proposes classifications of both...

Successful cooperation between large manufacturers and their suppliers is a crucial aspect, especially in the automotive industry. Such mutually beneficial cooperation requires...

Standardization has the potential to shape, expand, and create markets. Information technology has undergone a rapid transformation in the application of standards in practice...

Many industry sectors are facing a number of challenges to the established relations between players (the automotive sector is a particularly prominent case in point; see also...

Until not so long ago, electronic business was typically characterised by one-to-one relations—a customer doing business with a vendor. A big vendor would have business relations...

Successful cooperation between large manufacturers and their suppliers is a crucial aspect, especially in the automotive industry. Such mutually beneficial cooperation requires...

Advanced Topics in Information Technology Standards and Standardization Research is a series of books which features the most current research findings in all aspects of IT...

The International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (IJITSR) publishes research findings with the goal of advancing knowledge and research in all aspects of IT...

In light of the emerging global information infrastructure, information technology standards are becoming increasingly important. At the same time, however, the standards setting...