Information Technology Standards and Standardization A Global Perspective

Perspectives of computer and information professionals, mostly from Germany, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia but with a few Americans and other Europeans. They represent the often conflicting interests of government, large companies, small companies, and end users. The 15 studies discuss consensus versus speed, standardizing retail payment instruments, institutional constraints in the initial deployment of cellular telephone service on three continents, and other topics.Jakobs, Kai is the author of 'Information Technology Standards and Standardization A Global Perspective' with ISBN 9781878289704 and ISBN 1878289705.