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In this section, a short outline of historic standardization cases is used to close in on communication standards by illustrating the paradigmatic shift of standardization efforts from production side to demand side economies of scale. In section 2.2, the main findings of network effect theory(ies) are presented and critically discussed (section 2.3).
“Standards are to the industry as culture is to society” Shri C. Rajagopalachari, first Governor General of India, after Independence in 1949 [Rajagopalachari 1949, 11]
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Weitzel, T. (2004). Standardization problems. In: Economics of Standards in Information Networks. Information Age Economy. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2664-7_2
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