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Paper Session 1: Organisational Aspects of Standardisation

Standard Selection Modes in Dynamic, Complex Industries: Creating Hybrids between Market Selection and Negotiated Selection of Standards
Marc van Wegberg; University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Frank Vercoulen; Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Organizational Decisions for I.T. Standards Adoption: Antecedents and Consequences
Joel West; University of California, Irvine, USA.

Standardisation through SAP R/3: A Proposed Model for Effective Implementation
Majed Al-Mashari, Mohamed Zairi; University of Bradford, UK.

CAPE-OPEN: Experiences from a Standardization Effort in Chemical Industries
Matthias Jarke, Jörg Köller, Wolfgang Marquardt, Lars von Wedel; RWTH Aachen, Germany.
Bertrand Braunschweig; Institut Français du Pétrole, France.
 
 

Paper Session 2: The Standards Setting Process

Consortia and the Evolution of Information Technology Standardization
Carl Cargill; Sun Microsystems, USA.

Taming the West - CEN/ISSS is a pioneer in opening up participation in the Information Society
James Boyd; CEN/ISSS, Belgium.

Governance Mechanisms of Standard-Making in the Information Technology
Kwonjoong Choh; Seoul National University, South Korea.

Standardization and Intellectual Property Rights: ETSIís controversial search for new IPR procedures
Eric J. Iversen; The STEP-Group, Norway.
 
 

Debate: Is There a Future for the Internetís standardisation process?

'Tension between Standardisation and Flexibility' - A brief presentation of this earlier paper's main points
Eric Monteiro; NTNU, Norway.

Critique on an Analysis: 'Tension between Standardisation and Flexibility' Revisited
Tineke M. Egyedi; TU Delft, The Netherlands.
 
 

Poster Session: The Many Facets of Standardisation

Developing corporate infrastructure: implications for international standardization
Eric Monteiro; NTNU, Norway.
Ole Hanseth; University of Oslo, Norway.

The Process of Standard Making: Equilibrium and Transformation in Social Networks.
Vladislav Fomin, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Company Strategies Relating to the Participation In Standardisation Processes in the Context of Digital Convergence
Matthias Krieb; Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany.

Using TMN Standards to Solve Proprietary Aspects in SDH Multivendor Network Management
Rogério Koehn, Carmen Guerrero, Angel Viña; University of A Coruña, Spain.

Standardization of Multimedia Conferencing Design and Implementation
M.Z. Zhao; Dept of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic.
Z.K. Lin; CAD Lab, Institute of Computing Technology, The Chinese Academy of Science.

Experiences and Positions of the DIN IT Standards Committee
Ingo Wende; DIN German Institute for Standardization, Germany.

Contribution Towards a Theory of Standardization in Telecommunications
Mostafa Hashem Sherif; AT&T, USA.
 
 
 

Paper Session 3: On Innovation

The Influence of Innovation and Standardisation on Macroeconomic Development: The Case of Germany
Knut Blind, Hariolf Grupp, Andre Jungmittag; Fraunhofer-Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung, Germany.

The ëTechnology Fixí: Developing Improved Search Engines to Sustain Web Growth
Paul Windrum; University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.
G. M. Peter Swann; University of Manchester, UK.

Technical Communications Standards: New Directions in Innovation
Ken Krechmer; International Center for Standards Research, USA.

The Human Characteristics for Innovation in the Development of Information Technology
David A. DeMarco, Jonathan D. Rabson, Michael Seebacher; Idea Connections, USA.
 
 

Paper Session 4: Economic Issues and Theory of Standardisation

The Development of Standards in the Mobile Telephone Industry and their Effect on Regional Industry Growth
John Rice, Peter Galvin; Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

The Standardization Problem - An Economic Analysis of Standards in Information Systems
Peter Buxmann, Tim Weitzel, Falk v. Westarp, Wolfgang König; J. W. Goethe-University, Germany.

Reconsidering the Assumptions for ìTippingî in Network Markets
Joel West; University of California, Irvine, USA.

Innovation and Standardization in Technological Trejectories : A Schumpeterian Perspective and Three Models of Standardization in the Information Technology Industry
Kwonjoong Choh; Seoul National University, South Korea

Toward a Theory of Standards
Timothy Schoechle; International Center for Standards Research, U. of Colorado, USA.
 
 

Panel Discussion: Standardisation in the Next Millenium - Where Do We Go from Here?

K. Asatani; Kogakuin University, Vice Chairman ITU SG 13, Japan.

H. Schink; Director Standards, Internet and Broadband, Siemens AG, Germany.

P.A. Probst; Executive Vice President, Swisscom Corporate Operations, Switzerland.

J. Boyd; Strategy Manager, CEN/ISSS, Belgium.

E. Sutherland, General Manager, INTUG, Belgium.

C. Schatzl; CEU DG III, Belgium.
 
 

Panel Discussion: Standards Strategies in the Commercial World

Stephen Walli; Interix Software Systems Inc., USA.

Carl Cargill; SUN Microsystems, USA.
 
 

Paper Session 5: Specific Standards and Applications

Posix: A Case Study in a Successful Standard Or, why We Donít Need Radical Change in the SDO Process
Stephen R.Walli; Interix Software Systems, Inc., USA.

An Environment to support flexibility in process standards
Carla Blanck Purper; Bremen University, Germany.

Standardization and Innovation of Multimedia Technology in Consumer Electronics
Shoei Kataoka; Electronic Industries Association of Japan, Japan.
Henk Kolk; Philips Consumer Electronics, The Netherlands.

Using The ISO/IEC 12207 Tailoring Process For Defining a Maintenance Process
Macario Polo, Mario Piattini, Francisco Ruiz, Coral Calero; Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
 
 

Workshop: 'Electronic Tools to Support Standardisation Work'

Usability of a Collaborative Authoring System for Standards Development: Preferences, Problems, and Prognosis
Michael Spring, Restiani Andriati, Vichita Vathanophas; University of Pittsburgh, USA.

A Proposal for a Web Based Standardization Process
Carl Cargill; SUN Microsystems, USA.

Progress towards web-based Electronic Committees in the CEN/INES project (Internet Network for European Standardization)
Simon Downe; DIN, Germany.
Ilidio G. Chaves, Pedro Nunes Institute, Portugal.

An evolutionary view of working proven tools for thousands of members
Jay Iorio; IEEE, USA.
 
 

Invited Papers

Gary Robinson, Independent Standards Consultant, USA.
'There are no Standards for Making Standardsí
 

Robin Williams, U. of Edinburgh, UK.
'ICT Standard Setting from an Innovation Studies Perspective'
 

Fabio Bigi, ITU-TSB, CH.
'ITU-T Studies in GII'
 

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