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Download or read book Handbook of Innovation and Standards written by Richard Hawkins and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation and standardization might seem polar opposites, but over many years various scholars have noted close connections between the two. This Handbook assembles a broad range of thinking on this subject, with contributions from several disciplinary perspectives by over 30 leading scholars and experienced practitioners. Collectively, they summarize and synthesize the existing body of knowledge – theory and evidence – pertaining to standards and innovation, and provide insights into how this knowledge can be useful to scholars, industrial strategists, policy-makers and standards practitioners.