The Political Economy of Information Technology Standards: Towards a Framework for Policy Research (Computer and Information Science)

对计算和通信技术标准的理论、经验和公共政策问题的研究正在产生越来越多的重要文献，其中一部分涉及理解标准化过程和标准对技术进步和经济效率的影响。本次研讨会旨在评估该领域近期研究的贡献，包括经济学及相关学科的代表性主要研究人员的论文介绍；通过为这一年轻的研究领域制定一些基本的概念和术语指南，促进和澄清这些问题的审查；并确定与标准化政策问题相关的最有前途的理论和实证研究问题。讲习班将限于约24人参加，将于1988年6月中旬在斯坦福大学举行。在研讨会上发表的11篇论文将作为斯坦福大学经济政策研究中心讨论和技术论文系列的一部分进行转载。

Research on theoretical, empirical and public policy issues of technological standards in computing and communications is producing a growing body of important literature, a part of which deals with understanding the process of standardization and the impact of standards on technological progress and economic efficiency. This workshop seeks: to assess the contributions of recent research in this area, from presentations of papers by representative leading researchers in economics and related disciplines; to facilitate and clarify examination of these issues by developing some basic conceptual and terminological guideposts for this young research area; and to identify the most promising theoretical and empirical research questions relevant to the policy issues surrounding standardization. The workshop will be limited to about 24 participants and will be held in mid-June, 1988 at Stanford University. The eleven papers presented at the workshop will be reproduced as part of Stanford University's Center for Economic Policy Research's Discussion and Technical Paper Series.