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This thesis aims to grasp the role and importance of the Technological Standardization in Technological Change through review of technological change of the cellular system in US, Europe and Japan and implement the strategy in IMT-2000 standardization. The major findings in technological change of t...

This thesis aims to grasp the role and importance of the Technological Standardization in Technological Change through review of technological change of the cellular system in US, Europe and Japan and implement the strategy in IMT-2000 standardization. The major findings in technological change of the cellular system are as follows: 1) Technological discontinuity in the cellular system occurred through the existing technological community's standardization work rather than certain corporate's rare, unpredictable innovations. 2) In case of the cellular system, new technologies in era of ferment compete each other to become the technological standard before the market is formed. In general, if certain system is selected as technological standard, this system becomes the dominant design in the relevant nation. 3) The standardization process is changing to 'anticipatory standard' set up before the cellular system is introduced in the market. 4) The crucial factors for this standard to be a world-wide standard are 'installed base' and 'openness of standard'. 5) In case of the cellular system, the time of substitution in era of ferment is long, therefore several dominant designs exist in the market simultaneously. 6) It is difficult for the corporates outside the technological community to make the technological discontinuity by themselves because the existing technological community takes the leadership in standardization. It is still too early to forecast which system will become a world-wide standard of IMT-2000. Nevertheless, it is safe to say that the firms who are able to achieve early entry into the country or region where the IMT-2000 system is initially heavily adopted will receive a significant advantage in the world-wide market. In the IMT-2000 standardization, Korean corporates are in follower position. The leaders in standardization will induce followers to participate in R&D and permit other corporates to get the license at a low cost until thier network is enlarged to appropriate size. But the leader may change technology fast and request excessive Intellectual Property Rights. Of course, followers don't have many strategies to cope with. The strategies which Korean corporates may carry out as follows: 1) Korean corporates must exert themselves for their patents to be included in IMT-2000 standard. Through this exertion, they may reduce technological fee. 2) Korean corporates need to select a single standard in demand side and multiple standards in supply side to prepare themselves in case of failing to single standard. 3) Close coorporation is needed between Korean corporates/institutes. 4) Korean corporates must make an effort to have their own technological ability because they have no choice but to adopt the technological standard if they don't have the ability. 5) Korean corporates give their mind to the possibility of the alliance in standardization process and the market size. And they must make an effort to find the method to minimize the cost of technology asorption and license fee. Besides, this thesis suggests each strategy based on the four possible results in the IMT-2000 standardization (North-American, Japan/Europe, Compound standard, Multiple standards) through Scenarion Analysis.

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