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Abstract
Standardisation is key to shaping new technologies and supporting major ongoing trends, such as the increased importance of platforms, developing ‘smart’ technologies and innovating large-scale complex systems. Standardisation plays a key role in shaping the rules that govern these developments and their effects on society. Due to the large variety of actors involved in these trends, the associated standardisation processes are likely to involve all three modes of standardisation identified in the literature: committee-based, market-based and government-based. This multi-mode standardisation challenges the theoretical views on standardisation which predominantly focus on one of the modes. In this paper, we review the existing literatures on individual modes and on multi-mode standardisation. By recombining existing evidence, we generate new insights into multi-mode standardisation processes. These first insights relate to the contributions that each mode can make to such processes’ outcomes and suggest that their impact depends on factors, such as their initiation’s timing and the institutional context in which the standardisation process occurs. Moreover, we consider the conditions under which actors can launch each mode. Based on our observations, we formulate an agenda for future research to obtain a better understanding of multi-mode standardisation. We offer recommendations for industry actors, NGOs, researchers and policy makers involved in shaping technological and societal change.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1370-1386 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Research Policy |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Committee-based standardization
- Government-based standardization
- Multi-mode standardization
- Regulation
- Standard battles
- Standardization
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Multi-Mode Standardisation: A Critical Review and a Research Agenda
Wiegmann, P. M. (Speaker)
17 Sept 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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Multi-Mode Standardisation: A Critical Review and a Research Agenda
Wiegmann, P. M. (Speaker)
29 Aug 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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Technische Universität Berlin
Wiegmann, P. M. (Visiting researcher)
6 Jul 2015 → 17 Jul 2015Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution › Scientific
Research output
- 110 Citations - based on content available in repository [source: Scopus]
- 1 Phd Thesis 4 Research NOT TU/e / Graduation NOT TU/e)
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Setting the Stage for Innovation: Balancing Diverse Interests Through Standardisation
Wiegmann, P. M., 17 Jan 2019, Rotterdam: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. 403 p.Research output: Thesis › Phd Thesis 4 Research NOT TU/e / Graduation NOT TU/e)
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