Globalization has been a main driver for firms' entry into standard-setting organizations (SSOs). These global multifirm settings have caught attention due to tensions arising from simultaneous collaboration and competition among firms as well the increasing geographical complexity of standardization process. SSOs present one form environment, where companies proactively voluntarily collaborate...

Standard-setting organizations (SSOs) are collectively self-governed industry associations, formed by innovators and implementers. They a key organizational form to agree on manage technical standards, the foundation for many technological economic sectors. We develop model of endogeneous SSO participation that highlights different incentives joining (namely licensing, learning, implementation)...

We studied the effect of two social settings (collaborative versus competitive) on the visual and auditory expressions of uncertainty by children in two age groups (8 and 11). We conducted an experiment in which children played a quiz game in pairs. They either had to collaborate or compete with each other. We found that the Feeling-of-Knowing of eight-year-old children did not seem to be affec...