TY - GEN
T1 - Standards and infrastructure flexibility
T2 - 2007 5th International Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology, SIIT 2007
AU - Spirco, Jaroslav
AU - Fomin, Vladislav
AU - Egyedi, Tineke M.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Based on a literature review the paper investigates how standards influence flexibility of information technology (IT) infrastructures. Thereby we explore the concept of flexibility, the ways of achieving it and identify the characteristics of standards that influence flexibility. The existing literature regards standards both as a stabilizer of technology and as a means to increase flexibility. We conclude that both views are well supported and do not contradict each other, and both flexibility and stability are required for the development of infrastructures. Even though some characteristics of standards can directly influence infrastructure flexibility, the way standards are implemented will also determine their influence on flexibility. We exemplify the developed ideas with some examples from the radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in supply chain infrastructures.
AB - Based on a literature review the paper investigates how standards influence flexibility of information technology (IT) infrastructures. Thereby we explore the concept of flexibility, the ways of achieving it and identify the characteristics of standards that influence flexibility. The existing literature regards standards both as a stabilizer of technology and as a means to increase flexibility. We conclude that both views are well supported and do not contradict each other, and both flexibility and stability are required for the development of infrastructures. Even though some characteristics of standards can directly influence infrastructure flexibility, the way standards are implemented will also determine their influence on flexibility. We exemplify the developed ideas with some examples from the radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in supply chain infrastructures.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/55349123314
U2 - 10.1109/SIIT.2007.4629318
DO - 10.1109/SIIT.2007.4629318
M3 - Conference paper
AN - SCOPUS:55349123314
SN - 1424414962
SN - 9781424414963
T3 - Proceedings of the 2007 5th International Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology, SIIT 2007
SP - 71
EP - 80
BT - Proceedings of the 2007 5th International Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology, SIIT 2007
Y2 - 17 October 2007 through 19 October 2007
ER -