[AISWorld] Content: IJITSR 11/1 (Int. J. of IT Standards and Standardization Research)

Fri Jun 21 06:46:53 EDT 2013

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The contents of the latest issue of: 
International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (IJITSR) 
Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association
Volume 11, Issue 1, January-June 2013
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

The Rise of MP3 as the Market Standard: How Compressed Audio Files
Became the Dominant Music Format

Simon den Uijl (Department of Technology and Innovation, Rotterdam
School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands),
Henk J. de Vries (Department of Technology and Innovation, Rotterdam
School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
and Deniz Bayramoglu (Department of Technology Transfer, Darmstadt
University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany)

Previous research has shown how various technologies became the market
standard. This paper presents some refined models and applies them to
the case of compressed audio formats. The authors analyze the rise of
MP3 as the market standard and identify several key factors that
contributed to its success. First, a process of formal standardization
reduced the number of competing compressed audio formats. Secondly,
enabling technologies, in particular the rise of the Internet,
contributed significantly to the success of compressed audio formats.
The timing of market entry was important in the sense that when the rise
of the Internet took place, MP3 was one of the few fully developed
compressed audio formats. MP3 offered technological superiority (high
fidelity at low data rate) versus its initial competitors. The
technology also benefitted from dedicated sponsors that promoted market
adoption. Due to the weak regime of appropriability, audio files in the
MP3 format managed to spread quickly over the Internet. Lastly, the
availability of complementary assets for MP3 fuelled its market adoption
and strengthened network externalities on both sides of the platform-
mediated network.

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http://www.igi-global.com/article/rise-mp3-market-standard/76886

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http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=76886

PAPER TWO

Infrastructural Innovation: Flexibility, Generativity and the Mobile Internet

Ole Hanseth (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo,
Norway) and Petter Nielsen (Telenor Research and Future Studies,
Fornebu, Norway)

This article addresses issues related to how to enable broadest possible
innovative activities by infrastructural technology design. The authors
focus on the development of high level services based on mobile
telecommunication technologies. The focus of their analysis is how
features of the technology enable or constrain innovations. They do so
by looking at embryos of the Mobile Internet (primarily the Norwegian
CPA platform, but also two pre-CPA platforms in Norway and Japan's i-
mode) through the concepts of end-to-end architecture, programmability
of terminals and generativity. This analysis illustrates that the change
from closed infrastructures like MobilInfo and SMSinfo to more open ones
like CPA and i-mode increased the speed and range of innovations
substantially. At the same time the differences between CPA and i-mode
regarding programmability of terminals, and the billing service provided
by the CPA network enabling the billing of individual transactions, also
contributed to basically the same speed and range of innovations around
CPA as i-mode in spite of the huge differences in investments into the
networks made by the owners. The analysis also points out important
differences between the Internet and the existing Mobile Internet
regarding technological constrains on innovations. It points out
important ways in which powerful actors' strategies inhibit innovations
and how they embed their strategies into the technology and creates
technological barriers for innovation.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/infrastructural-innovation-flexibility-
generativity-mobile/76887

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=76887

PAPER THREE

Development of a Specification for Data Interchange Between Information
Systems in Public Hazard Prevention: Dimensions of Success and Related
Activities Identified by Case Study Research

Simone Wurster (Department of Innovation Economics, Berlin University of
Technology, Berlin, Germany)

Standards and specifications for public security are missing in many
technical aspects as well as the areas of communication protocols and
security management. Several research gaps related to these fields
exist, particularly regarding R&D stage standardisation. Sherif et al.
(2007) offer a framework to investigate project management aspects
leading to successful standardisation. Its applicability for R&D stage
security standardisation was examined and mainly proved by a recent
InfraNorm survey in the German security research program. The German
project InfraNorm aims at initiating the development of standards and
specifications for the protection of transportation infrastructure. This
article gives insight into the development of such a specification based
on R&D results. Besides providing practical examples for activities
related to Sherif et al.'s (2007) framework, the article suggests its
extension. Standardisation challenges and solutions are also unveiled.
The article finishes by outlining key aspects which may influence the
adoption of the specification and by giving a short overview of current
results. Application fields of the findings include, in particular, fast
track standardisation procedures with voluntary implementation of the
results, standardisations of R&D results and standardisation projects
from small groups.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/article/development-specification-data-
interchange-between/76888

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=76888

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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.

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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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RWTH Aachen University
Computer Science Department
Informatik 4 (Communication and Distributed Systems)
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