The Application of Network effects to Standards and Platforms

Filippo Grillo; Henk J. de Vries; Geerten van de Kaa

The Application of Network effects to Standards and Platforms

Filippo Grillo^*
, Henk J. de Vries
, Geerten van de Kaa

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Technology and Operations Management

Delft University of Technology

Research output: Chapter/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › Academic › peer-review

Abstract

Standards and platforms are artifacts that all kinds of organisations – including companies and governments - use to progress and innovate. Both scholarly communities agree that standards and platforms can have big economic and social repercussions, mainly because of increasing returns of scale for their adoption (i.e. network effects). This short article presents a taxonomy of direct and indirect network effects, and discusses their application within the domain of standards and plat-forms. For each type of network effect, we discuss the coexistence within multiple types of standards and platforms, and suggest further steps on how to connect standardisation research with platforms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EURAS Proceedings 2022
Subtitle of host publication	Standardisation and Open Source
Editors	Kai Jakobs, Dong-hyu Kim
Place of Publication	Aachen
Pages	223-231
Number of pages	9
Volume	17
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	EURAS conference 2022: Standardisation and Open Source - University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 8 Jun 2022 → 10 Jun 2022 http://www.euras.org

Conference

Conference	EURAS conference 2022
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	8/06/22 → 10/06/22
Internet address	http://www.euras.org

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Standardization: A business approach to the role of national standardization organizations
de Vries, H., 1999, Boston/Dordrecht/London. 320 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Inaugural speech/Farewell speech › Book › Academic
Standardization - What's in a name?
de Vries, H., 1997, In: Terminology. 4, 1, p. 55-83 29 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic

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Standardization: A business approach to the role of national standardization organizations

Standardization - What's in a name?

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