[AISWorld] Abstracts: International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (current issue)

[Kai Jakobs]

Dear all,

Perhaps some of you will find this interesting.


Cheers,
Kai.



The contents of the latest issue of the

International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (IJITSR)

Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association
Volume 10, Issue 2, January-June 2012
Published: Semi-Annually in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 1539-3062 EISSN: 1539-3054
Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA
www.igi-global.com/ijitsr

Editor-in-Chief: Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

PAPER ONE

Korea's Strategies for ICT Standards Internationalisation: A Comparison
with China's 

Heejin Lee (Yonsei University, Korea)
Joon (Chris) Huh (SK Marketing & Company, Korea)

Korea and China are among the rising challengers in the international
ICT (Information Communication and Technology) standards regime. They
are attempting to internationalize their home-grown technologies. As
latecomers they share similarities and display differences. This paper
examines two Korean cases (WIPI and WiBro), and compares with Chinese
cases. Thereby it helps to conceptualize and evaluate latecomers'
strategies for international standardization. Comparison of the two
countries' strategies for international standardization is useful and
timely particularly considering forthcoming FTA negotiations between the
two countries where TBT (technical barriers to trade) including
standards becomes a critical part of the agreement. The cases of the two
countries share some commonalities in terms of origination (local R&D),
government leadership and motivation (reduction of royalties). The main
difference is that while Korea is oriented towards the outside, China is
towards the inside, at least by now. Due to its huge domestic markets
and global influence, China's standards form a real threat to the
incumbent standards from traditional players like US and EU.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/korea-strategies-ict-standards-
internationalisation/69807

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?
id=69807&ptid=59532&t=Korea%E2%80%99s%20Strategies%20for%20ICT
%20Standards%20Internationalisation:%20A%20Comparison%20with%20China%E2%80%99s

PAPER TWO

Standardization as Governance Without Government: A Critical
Reassessment of the Digital Video Broadcasting Project's Success Story

Niclas Meyer (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research,
Germany)

Industry-led technical standardization is often cited as an example for
governance without government and the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)
Project is often presented as a particularly successful case of such
private governance. Succeeding the spectacular failure of the government-
led high-definition television standardization project in European, the
successes of the industry-led DVB Project have often been cited as
evidence for the superior governance capacity of private industry. While
the commercial and engineering success of the DVB Project is
unequivocal, this paper raises the question whether it has been equally
successful from a governance point of view.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/standardization-governance-without-
government/69808

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?
id=69808&ptid=59532&t=Standardization%20as%20Governance%20Without
%20Government:%20A%20Critical%20Reassessment%20of%20the%20Digital%20Video
%20Broadcasting%20Project%E2%80%99s%20Success%20Story

PAPER THREE

Are Asian Countries Ready to Lead a Global ICT Standardization? 

DongBack Seo (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Jan Willem Koek (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

East Asian countries are booming with both technological and demographic
advances. They have traditionally developed their economies by being
licensed foreign Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
standards and using them to develop their home market and to export
products. This paper proposes that East Asian countries should start to
develop a leadership role in global ICT standardizations, even though
their focuses are currently still primarily on developments in their own
nations.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/asian-countries-ready-lead-global/69809

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=69809&ptid=59532&t=Are
%20Asian%20Countries%20Ready%20to%20Lead%20a%20Global%20ICT%20Standardization?

PAPER FOUR

International E-Customs Standardization from the Perspective of a Global
Company

Stefan Henningsson (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)

This paper addresses international e-Customs standardization from the
perspective of a global dairy company who faces the result of the
standardization efforts. International trade stands in front of a
paradox of increasing security and control in order to meet threats from
terrorist, diseases and other risks while at the same time lower the
administrative burden for traders in order to stay competitive. To solve
this seemingly impossible equation national customs and regional
economic organizations are seeking to establish a standardized solution
for digital reporting of customs data. However, standardization has
proven hard to achieve in the socio-technical e-Customs solution. The
author identifies and describes what has to be harmonized in order for a
global company should perceive e-Customs as standardized. In doing so
the author contributes towards an improved understanding of the
challenges associated with using a standardization mechanism for
harmonizing socio-technical information systems.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/international-customs-standardization-
perspective-global/69810

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?
id=69810&ptid=59532&t=International%20E-Customs%20Standardization%20from
%20the%20Perspective%20of%20a%20Global%20Company

Research Essay

Standards as Hybrids: An Essay on Tensions and Juxtapositions in
Contemporary Standardization

Vladislav V. Fomin (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania) 
To get a copy of this article, click the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/standards-hybrids-essay-tensions-
juxtapositions/69811

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?
id=69811&ptid=59532&t=Standards%20as%20Hybrids:%20An%20Essay%20on
%20Tensions%20and%20Juxtapositions%20in%20Contemporary%20Standardization

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For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the
International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research
(IJITSR) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in
the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: http://www.igi-
global.com/eresources/infosci-journals.aspx.
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CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJITSR:

The primary mission of the International Journal of IT Standards and
Standardization Research (IJITSR) is to publish research findings to
advance knowledge and research in all aspects of IT standards and
standardization in modern organizations. IJITSR is considered an
authoritative source and information outlet for the diverse community of
IT standards researchers. JITSR is targeted towards researchers,
scholars, policymakers, IT managers and IT standards associations and
organizations.

Coverage of IJITSR:

Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to)
the following:

?	Conformity assessment
?	Economics of standardization
?	Emerging roles of formal standards organizations and consortia
?	Intellectual property rights
?	National, regional, international, and corporate standards strategies
?	Open source and standardization
?	Standardization and economic development
?	Standardization and regulation
?	Standardization in public policy
?	Standardization in the public sphere
?	Standards for information infrastructures
?	Technological innovation and standardization
?	Tools and services related to standardization

and all other topics related to the areas of IT standards and
standardization research.

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission
guidelines www.igi-global.com/ijitsr.

All inquiries and submissions should be sent to:
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Kai Jakobs at kai.jakobs at cs.rwth-aachen.de

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Kai Jakobs

RWTH Aachen University
Computer Science Department
Informatik 4 (Communication and Distributed Systems)
Ahornstr. 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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Fax:  +49-241-80-22222
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