This study examines cooperative standard-setting in wireless telecommunications. Focusing on the competition among firms to influence formal standardization, the roles of standardsetting committees, private alliances, and technical consortia are highlighted. The empirical context is Third...

This paper focuses on the effects of within and between standards competition and competition between firms on the performance of an emerging new technology, digital mobile telecommunication (2G). Our empirical exploration provides a more complete picture of the market dynamics of digital mobile...