How can public policy best promote successful innovation in the Internet sector? This paper creates a typology of different types of Internet software firms. Institutions associated with the `Silicon Valley Model` are a strong driver of success for some key Internet technologies. However,...

This article considers the decisions to outsource and re-integrate the development of critical and innovative technologies. It documents a historical sequence of choices made by strategists within a high-tech company, Ericsson. The evidence discussed indicates that a broad range of different...

This article is concerned with the processes through which technological standards are developed, and how these standards provide the underpinnings of new markets for global cellular communication. The case investigated is that of so-called third generation mobile communications, involving...