E-business standards can better adapt to the changing needs of tomorrow's networked organizations by applying information communication technologies today. This book studies aspects affecting the nature, relevance, and quality of standards, and the impact they have on businesses. It discusses...

"This study of the privatization of standards and standardization seeks to establish a framework of analysis for public policy discussion and debate with such related issues as technical innovation, access to information and media, intellectual property, and emerging industrial economic...