Mäkeläinen, Timo

English

UTUPub

ABSTRACTSubject International Business Date 04.12.2007Student numberAuthor(s) Timo MäkeläinenNumber of pages 109Title Company perspective to standardization strategies: Technology standards in mobilecommunicationsSupervisor(s) D.Sc. Niina Nummela, M.Sc. Mélanie RaukkoAbstractThe thesis focused on technology standards in mobile communications businesses. The purpose ofthe study was to find out reasons for and modes of participation into technology standardizationconcerning mobile communications technologies. The subobjectives of the study were:• To find out whether standards and standardization are significant for businesses in mobilecommunications• To explain why different companies decide to participate into standardization• To describe what kind of strategies are used in standardizationTheories employed concerned economics of standards and standardization, and standardizationprocesses. From them, three different, although complementary, standardization strategies wereformed, and a framework for participation into standardization was sketched.This thesis employed mixed methods. An Internet survey was used to collect interviewees andpreliminary data. Later the interviews were used to find more in depth information to triangulate thesurvey findings. The results collectively were used to fulfill the objective.Standards and standardization were both beneficial and significant for the studied companies.When it came to participation, there were three factors that differentiated participators from theothers: The participators had the required capabilities as well as motivation to participate intoshaping the future standards.The participators employed both committee and market processes to some extent, while the non-participators followed standardization. The biggest difference between a participator and a non-participator was the resources.Key words Technology standards, standardization, standardization strategy, mobilecommunicationsFurtherinformationX   Master´s thesis  Licentiate´s thesis  Doctor´s thesis

Company perspective to standardization strategies : technology standards in mobile communications

https://www.utupub.fi/bitstream/10024/115005/1/MakelainenTimo.pdf

Company perspective to standardization strategies : technology standards in mobile communications

Abstract

Similar works

Full text

Available Versions

UTUPub