Do incompatible network standards lead to domestic benefits? The case of color television

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The development of standards that are compatible with those of other countries could lead to the successful entry of foreign firms into domestic markets. To prevent this from happening, and to protect local firms from competition, regulators often come up with local standards that do not conform to international norms. However, the case of the French color television industry, where local standards do not meet international norms, proves that such a strategy on the part of regulators does not benefit local industry at all.

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Modelling television programming choices

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Competitive television broadcasting companies opt to air programs that have mass appeal regardless of its cultural and social significance to the viewers. Advertiser-financed television companies opt to air programs which have little social welfare significance while pay television companies choose the other. In a restricted channel environment, these same companies will be inclined to show programs with a wider appeal.

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The impacts of innovations and standards on trade of measurement and testing products: Empirical results of Switzerland's bilateral trade flows with Germany, France and the UK

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The effects of innovations and standards on the trade of measurement and testing products are examined, based on Switzerland's bilateral trade flows with Germany, France and the UK.

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