Innovation and standardization might seem polar opposites, but over many years various scholars have noted close connections between the two. This Handbook assembles a broad range of thinking on this subject, with contributions from several disciplinary perspectives by over 30 leading scholars and experienced practitioners. Collectively, they summarize and synthesize the existing body of knowledge - theory and evidence - pertaining to standards and innovation, and provide insights into how this knowledge can be useful to scholars, industrial strategists, policy-makers and standards practitioners.
Drawn from leading experts in several social science disciplines, this Handbook provides new insights into innovation processes and systems using theoretical, empirical and applied approaches. By situating standards and standardization as specific factors which play distinctive roles in innovation-driven growth, it establishes that standardization (doing things the same way) is an essential component of innovation (doing things differently). The book also provides novel and practical insight into how standards are incorporated into innovation strategies and policies.
Comprehensive and original, this collection will be a vital resource for all students and academics of social, natural and engineering science communities. Policy-makers and practitioners will also find a wealth of experience and knowledge within its pages.
Show moreInnovation and standardization might seem polar opposites, but over many years various scholars have noted close connections between the two. This Handbook assembles a broad range of thinking on this subject, with contributions from several disciplinary perspectives by over 30 leading scholars and experienced practitioners. Collectively, they summarize and synthesize the existing body of knowledge - theory and evidence - pertaining to standards and innovation, and provide insights into how this knowledge can be useful to scholars, industrial strategists, policy-makers and standards practitioners.
Drawn from leading experts in several social science disciplines, this Handbook provides new insights into innovation processes and systems using theoretical, empirical and applied approaches. By situating standards and standardization as specific factors which play distinctive roles in innovation-driven growth, it establishes that standardization (doing things the same way) is an essential component of innovation (doing things differently). The book also provides novel and practical insight into how standards are incorporated into innovation strategies and policies.
Comprehensive and original, this collection will be a vital resource for all students and academics of social, natural and engineering science communities. Policy-makers and practitioners will also find a wealth of experience and knowledge within its pages.
Show moreContents:
1. Introduction: Unravelling the relationship between standards and
innovation
Richard Hawkins and Knut Blind
Part I History, Theory and Evidence
2. Standards and innovation: A brief survey of empirical evidence
and transmission mechanisms
G.M.P. Swann and Ray Lambert
3. The economic functions of standards in the innovation
process
Knut Blind
4. Standards, systems of innovation and policy
Richard Hawkins
5. Platforms and standards: An historical perspective
W. Edward Steinmueller
6. Towards a functional classification of standards for innovation
research
Tineke M. Egyedi and J. Roland Ortt
Part II Standards, Innovation and Industry
7. Standards and expansion paths in high-tech industries
Gregory Tassey
8. Measurement, standards and productivity spillovers
Michael King, Ray Lambert and Paul Temple
9. Impact of service standardization on service innovation
Henk J. de Vries and Paul Moritz Wiegmann
10. ‘Smart industry’ and the confluence of standards
Claire Stolwijk, Matthijs Punter and Carlos Montalvo
11. Where patents and standards come together
Rudi Bekkers,
12. Standards, patents and innovation
Timothy Simcoe and Cesare Righi
Part III Standards, Innovation and Markets
13. The use of standards by firms
John Hudson and Marta Orviska
14. Markets, standardization and innovation: reflections on the
European Single Market
Christian Frankel and Jean-Pierre Galland
15. Standards and technological substitution: the case of
transportation systems
Eric J. Iversen
16. Standards, innovation and business models: the case of digital
radio
Simon Delaere and Pieter Ballon
17. Standardization and market framing: The case of
nanotechnology
Aurélie Delemarle
Part IV Strategies, standards and innovation: A practitioner
perspective
18. Corporate standardization management and innovation
Kai Jakobs
19. ISO 14000 Environmental Standards: Implementing innovation in
management and measures
Robert Page
20. Standardization, innovation, and reality: Matching theory and
practice
Carl F. Cargill
Index
Edited by Richard Hawkins, Professor, Department of Communication, Media and Film, University of Calgary, Canada, Knut Blind, Professor of Innovation Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Technische Universität Berlin and Head of the Business Unit Innovation and Regulation, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Karlsruhe, Germany and Robert Page, University of Calgary, Canada
`This tour de force of a book will be the seminal reference for our
understanding of standards and standardization in relation to
innovation and markets. The editors are world leaders with regards
to the standard-innovation nexus, and the team of contributors is
an excellent mix of leading academics from different disciplines
and practitioners. The breadth the volume covers is breathtaking,
but all presented in a logical order, covering theory, evidence and
practical insights both at the industry and market level. Too many
volumes claim to be handbooks these days, but this one deserves the
label indeed. And it can be used for teaching, for further research
and for practical support in the jungle of standardization.'
*Jakob Edler, University of Manchester, UK*
`Standards play a significant role in innovation. New production
and delivery processes must comply with changing environmental
standards. Standard technical platforms enable the creation of new
products, but health and trade standards can restrict innovation.
Standards matter. This book brings together thinking that provides
the reader with an entry to the subject for those new to it and a
broader understanding for those engaged in it. It should be read by
anyone working on innovation.'
*Fred Gault, UNU-MERIT, the Netherlands*
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