RosettaNet Case

MIS 3537   Internet and Supply Chains

Due Date: April 17, 2017

Refer to the case “RosettaNet and ebXML: Betting on the Right eBusiness Standard”

Answer the following questions briefly (6-7 lines each):

1. Why are standards necessary in eBusiness?

2. Which standard do you think Developcom should adopt?  Explain your answer giving reasons from the case as well as the Exhibits at the end.

3. What do you understand by the term ‘network externalities’?  Why are network externalities important in eBusiness standard wars?  Give examples from the RosettaNet case.

5.  Which standard do you think Developcom should adopt?  Why?

5. Why should a company like Developcom join a standards body?  What should be Developcom’s standards body standard?  Why?