Product standardization and competitive strategy

Competition, Compatibility and Standards: The Economics of Horses, Penguins and Lemmings, and the Impact of Standards on Technology-Based Industries: The Case of Numerically Controlled Machine Tools in Automated Batch Manufacturing.

Abstract

Competition, Compatibility and Standards: The Economics of Horses, Penguins and Lemmings (J. Farrell and G. Saloner). Standardization in Multi-Component Industries (C. Matutes and P. Regibeau). Japanese Standards: A Barrier to Trade? (D.J. Lecraw). Technology, Standards, and Markets: A Market Institutionalization Perspective (N.M. Reddy). Technical Standards and Competition in the Microcomputer Industry (M. Hergert). Open Standards in the European Computer Industry: the Case of X/OPEN (H.L. Gabel). Conflict and Cooperation in the Establishment of Telecommunications and Data Communications Standards in Europe (H. Collins). Public Policy and Corporate Strategies in the AM Stereo Market (S.V. Berg). Standardization and Competitiveness: Private and Public Strategies in the EC Color TV Industry (J. Pelkmans and R. Beuter). The Impact of Standards on Technology-Based Industries: The Case of Numerically Controlled Machine Tools in Automated Batch Manufacturing (A.N. Link and G. Tassey). Industry Standard Microprocessors and the Strategy of Second-Source Production (G.M.P. Swann). The Role of Standardization in Shared Bank Card Systems (A. Phillips). The Effects of Product Standardization on Competition: Octane Grading of Petrol in the UK (R.M. Grant). Conclusion.