IEC Centenary Challenge

The articles listed below are the commended papers from the IEC Centenary Challenge. The IEC Centenary Challenge was a competition for papers on the economic, business and social impact of International Standards on business.

It was organized in association with The Economist magazine and in partnership with three leading professional engineering bodies: the IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology); IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); and VDE, the German association for electrical, electronic and information technologies.

The IEC Challenge Award Ceremony was held at Savoy Place, London, on 14 December 2006.

All articles are published in the book "International Standardization as a Strategic Tool ", which can be purchased from the IEC Webstore

IEC Centenary Challenge papers

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1.59 MB	Architecture-based approaches to international standardization and evolution of business models Junjiro Shintaku (lead author); Koichi Ogawa, Tetsuo Yoshimoto (co-authors) The University of Tokyo - Manufacturing Management Research Center, Japan
1.09 MB	Benefits of standardization in the microelectronics industries and their implications on nanotechnology and other innovative industries Werner Bergholz (lead author); Bettina Weiss, Carlos Lee (co-authors) International University Bremen, Germany
982 kB	Do national standards hinder or promote trade in electrical products? Johannes Moenius University of Redlands, USA
938 kB	Industrial legislatures: The American system of standardization Andrew Russell The Johns Hopkins University, USA
1.00 MB	Measuring the performance of standard setting organizations Timothy S. Simcoe (lead author); Marc Rysman (co-author) The Joseph L. Rotman School of Management University of Toronto, Canada
911 kB	Standardization and business development: The global impact of the IOSA standards and the value of anticipation David Hodgkinson The University of Western Australia, Australia
1.16 MB	Standardization and patent pools: Using patent licensing to lead the market Hajime Yamada Toyo University, Japan
1.20 MB	Standardizing mesopic vision conditions and incidence on light sources science and technology Georges Zissis (lead author); Stuart Mucklejohn (co-author) Université Paul Sabatier – Toulouse III, France, Laboratoire des Plasmas et de Conversion de l'Energie - Team 'Sources Intenses des Photons'
932 kB	Standards for business - How companies benefit from participation in international standards setting Dr.ir. Henk J. de Vries RSM Erasmus University, The Netherlands
1.19 MB	The entrepreneur and standards Ken Krechmer (lead author); Elaine Baskin (co-author) University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
980 kB	The impacts of ICT standards: Three views Knut Blind Fraunhofer ISI, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

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IEC Centenary Challenge papers

Architecture-based approaches to international standardization and evolution of business models

Benefits of standardization in the microelectronics industries and their implications on nanotechnology and other innovative industries

Do national standards hinder or promote trade in electrical products?

Industrial legislatures: The American system of standardization

Measuring the performance of standard setting organizations

Standardization and business development: The global impact of the IOSA standards and the value of anticipation

Standardization and patent pools: Using patent licensing to lead the market

Standardizing mesopic vision conditions and incidence on light sources science and technology

Standards for business - How companies benefit from participation in international standards setting

The entrepreneur and standards

The impacts of ICT standards: Three views