Standards, innovation and competitiveness : the politics and economics of standards in natural and technical environments

Introduction: Addressing the problematique of standards and standardization standards in an innovative world. Part 1 The Public and private interest in standardization: standardization policies for network technologies - the flux between freedom and order revisited do reforms make a difference? - gearing methodology to assessments of standardization practice stakeholder involvement in the administration of environmental standards problems and issues for public sector involvement in voluntary standardization international challenges in defining the public and private interest in standards process environmental audits and the proposed British standard on environmental management systems infrastructure evolution and the global electronic marketplace - a European IT users' perspective user involvement in the life cycles of IT and telecommunication standards. Part 2 Institutional practices and objectives: standards and standards-settings processes in the field of the environment changing procedures for environmental standards-setting in the European Community the standards processes in telecommunication and information technology standards-making as technological diplomacy - assessing objectives and methodologies in standards institutions. Part 3 The political economy of standards, innovation and competitiveness: the roles of standards as technology infrastructure the political economy of data communication standards coalitions and committees - how users get involved in information technology standardization standards, industrial policy and innovation.