Government in standardization in the catching-up context: Case of China's mobile system |
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| Authors: | Ping Gao Jiang Yu Kalle Lyytinen |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute for Development Policy and Management, School of Environment, Education and Development, The University of Manchester, Arthur Lewis Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;2. Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 15 Zhongguancun Beiyitiao Alley, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, P.R. China;3. Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Peter B. Lewis Building, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper categorizes the multiple-faced roles of the government in technology standardization in the catching-up contexts. It presents a case that China has developed a third generation (3G) of mobile system, TD-SCDMA, and deployed it in the Chinese market. The authors attribute the success of this national standardization initiative to that the government is able to balance the interests of different stakeholders of mobile technology and market, and enroll them into the process of TD-SCDMA development and industrialization. The TD-SCDMA case demonstrates that the government in the standardization process can act as a project founder, risk undertaker, interest moderator, collaboration facilitator, and process monitor. Practical implications for developing countries in pursuing their indigenous innovation strategy are given. |
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| Keywords: | 3G Catching-up China Role of the government Indigenous innovation Standard Standardization TD-SCDMA |
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