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1、TheStandardizationProbleminNetworks-AGeneralFramework-Falkv.Westarp,TimWeitzel,PeterBuxmann,WolfgangKönigResearchProgram403„CompetitiveAdvantagebyNetworking"ResearchProjectB3„EconomicsofStandards“InstituteofInformationSystems(InstitutfürWirtschaftsinformatik)J.W
2、.Goethe-UniversityMertonstr.17,60054FrankfurtamMain,GermanyTelephone:+4969798-23318Fax:+4969798-28585{westarp
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5、koenig}@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.deAbstractChoosingtherightsetofcommunicationsstandardsisfundamentalinanykindofinteraction,espe-ciallyinthec
6、oordinationofeconomicactivities.Thisdecisionproblem,generallyreferredtoas"thestandardizationproblem",mainlyresultsfrominterdependenciesduetopositivenetworkeffects.Theproblemhastobeanalyzeddifferentlyincentralizedanddecentralizednetworks.Therefore,wede-velopedsep
7、aratemodelsforeachofthesecoordinationformswhichillustratetheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofusingstandards.Webasedtheeconomicparametersofthemodelsandthediscus-sionofitsimplicationsonempiricalresearch.Togaininformationabouttheuseofsoftwarestandardsinenterprises,wecon
8、ductedacomprehensiveempiricalsurvey,bothinGermanyandNorthAmerica.ItfocusesonthecorporateadoptionanduseofvariousITstandards,includingInternetandelectroniccommercestandards,businesssoftwareandEDI.Approachingageneralframeworkforanalyzingthestandardizationproblemwec
9、ombinethreedifferentresearchapproaches:Formalanalysis,asimula-tiveapproachandempiricalstudies(questionnaire,casestudies).Theframeworkisbeingdevelopedaspartofageneralnetworktheorywithintheinterdisciplinaryre-searchprogram"CompetitiveAdvantagebyNetworking"atFrankf
10、urtUniversity(http://www.vernetzung.de/eng).-1-INTRODUCTIONEveryinteractionandallcoordinationineconomicprocessesisbaseduponcommunication.Theexchangeofinformationnecessarilyrequiresboththesenderandreceiverofamessagetouseamutuallanguageorsetofcommunicationsstan-da
11、rds.Communicationsstandardscanbegenerallydefinedasruleswhichprovidethebasisforinteractionbetweenactors(man,aswellasmachine).Theserulesmustbeknownordeterminedexante,i.