{"id":10,"date":"2006-04-27T16:08:05","date_gmt":"2006-04-28T00:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bd.handspicker.net\/blog\/archives\/2006\/04\/27\/competitive-standards-strategy\/"},"modified":"2007-03-17T11:25:50","modified_gmt":"2007-03-17T19:25:50","slug":"competitive-standards-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bd.handspicker.net\/blog\/archives\/2006\/04\/27\/competitive-standards-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategy: Competitive Standards Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

While competitors and customers believe in standards that are fair, impartial and open, a company’s competitive interests are often met by seeking unfair, proprietary and closely controlled advantage. Yet the open standards process is valuable to a company in broadening the potential market, building a positive market reputation and building a community of potential customers. The challenge is to participate in and drive standards in a fair, impartial and open manner while internally pursuing an aggressive competitive product, market and standards strategy. This article will discuss:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n