Contents: Foreword / by Richard Lipsey -- 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 /...

Assessing the impacts of standards is a challenging task. A survey instrument was developed aiming at assessing standards impacts from the point of view of stakeholders in the standard development process. The survey was administered to members of ETSI (European Telecommunication Standards...