The ITU at the cusp of change

Rutkowski, Anthony M.

doi:10.1016/0308-5961(91)90051-c

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“…), transmission technologies multiplied (satellite transmission, optical cables, mobile communication, etc.) > (Rutkowski 1991 ).…”

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How Fragmentation Can Improve Co-ordination: Setting Standards in International Telecommunications

Genschel

1997

Organization Studies

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There is a stark contrast between the way industrial economics asks us to think about standard setting in telecommunications and the way standard-setting is actually organized. On the one hand, leading scholars maintain that standard setting is a natural monopoly. On the other hand, the number of standards organizations for telecommunications is quite large and there is no indication that this number will decrease. The paper analyzes how to resolve this discrepancy. It argues that there are reasons to believe that the natural monopoly hypothesis is wrong. Under a certain set of conditions which are prevalent in international telecommunications, the distribution of standard setting to a multitude of competing standards organizations is both stable and efficient.

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“…), transmission technologies multiplied (satellite transmission, optical cables, mobile communication, etc.) > (Rutkowski 1991 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Fragmentation Can Improve Co-ordination: Setting Standards in International Telecommunications

Genschel

1997

Organization Studies

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The evolving 5G case study in United States unilateral spectrum planning and policy

Frieden

2020

Telecommunications Policy

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From National Hierarchies to International Standardization: Modal Changes in the Governance of Telecommunications

Genschel

Werle

1993

J. Pub. Pol.

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The emergence of large technical systems like railroads, telecommunication networks or power grids was closely associated with hierarchical governance. Despite the success of hierarchical structures in promoting the development of these systems they have recently come under strain. They are suspected of being too slow, too cumbersome, and too unimaginative to deal with the complexity and turbulence of modern technology. Practical people as well as academics look for functional alternatives. One of the alternatives is the decentralisation of technical control via standards. The paper investigates this alternative by analysing the role that standards have achieved in telecommunications after the hierarchical order was eroded by globalisation and deregulation. It discusses how the demise of hierarchy has boosted the ‘demand’ for standards and how the institutional infrastructure for standardisation was adapted to meet this demand

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The ITU at the cusp of change

Cited by 7 publications

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How Fragmentation Can Improve Co-ordination: Setting Standards in International Telecommunications

How Fragmentation Can Improve Co-ordination: Setting Standards in International Telecommunications

The evolving 5G case study in United States unilateral spectrum planning and policy

From National Hierarchies to International Standardization: Modal Changes in the Governance of Telecommunications

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