<p> 1       Introduction - Rooting the Study in the Theoretical Context</p> <p>1.1  Standards' Effects on Innovation</p><p>1.1.1 Standards' Effects on the New Product Development Process</p> <p>1.1.2 Standards' Effects on Technology Diffusion</p> <p>1.2  Managing Standards in Innovation Contexts</p> <p>1.2.1 Managing Standards on the Company Level</p> <p>1.2.2 Co-Evolving Innovation and Standards at Industry Leve</p> <p>1.2.3 Dynamics Affecting the Management of Standards in Innovation Contexts</p> <p>1.2.4 Gaps in the Literature</p> <p>2      Background on Methodology and Case</p> <p>2.1  Grounded Theory Methodology</p> <p>2.1.1 Case Selection - Theoretical Sampling</p> <p>2.1.2 Data Collection</p> <p>2.1.3 Data Analysis</p> <p>2.2  Introducing the Micro Combined Heat and Power (mCHP) Case</p> <p>2.2.1 The European Heating Industry and the Market for mCHP</p> <p>2.2.2 Technological Solutions for mCHP</p> <p>3      Standards, Regulation and Conformity Assessment for mCHP</p><p>3.1  Relevant Standards for mCHP</p> 3.2  Regulation for mCHP and its Relationship with Standards<p></p> <p>3.2.1 Harmonised Standards Providing 'Presumption of Conformity'</p> <p>3.2.2 Fulfilling 'Essential Requirements' without Relying on Harmonised Standards</p> <p>3.3  Assessing Conformity to Essential Requirements in the mCHP Case</p> <p>3.3.1 Standards Providing Certainty for Conformity Assessment</p><p>3.4  Standards' Additional Effects on mCHP's Development and Diffusion</p> <p>3.4.1 Support of Standards for mCHP's Development</p> <p>3.4.2 Hurdles to mCHP's Development from Standards and Related Issues</p> <p>3.5  Overall Impact of Standards on mCHP's Development</p><p>4      Managing Standards for mCHP on Company Level</p> <p>4.1  Companies' Approaches to Managing Standards and Regulation</p> <p>4.1.1 Awareness of Standards' and Regulation's Importance</p> <p>4.1.2 Expertise and Resources for Managing Standards and Regulation</p> <p>4.1.3 Strategic and Organisational Grounding of Managing Standards and Regulatio</p> <p>4.2  Incorporating Standards and Regulation into mCHP Development</p> <p>4.2.1 Identifying Applicable Regulation and Standards</p> <p>4.2.2 Specifying the Product</p> <p>4.2.3 Evaluating Conformity to Regulation and Standards</p> <p>4.2.4 Degrees of Freedom for mCHP's Technological Development</p> <p>5      Industry Level Collaboration in mCHP Standardisation and Regulation</p> <p>5.1  Collaboration across Actors in the Industry</p> <p>5.1.1 Collaborating in Technology Development</p> <p>5.1.2 Collaborating in Standardisation and Regulation</p> <p>5.1.3 'Group Dynamics' in the Industry Resulting from the Collaboration</p> <p>5.1.4 The Role of Intellectual Property in the Industry's Collaboration</p> <p>5.2  Conflicting Interests in Standardisation and Regulation for mCHP</p> <p>5.2.1 Standards and Regulation for Connecting to the Electricity Grid</p> <p>5.2.2 Conflicts Surrounding the Calculation Method for mCHP Appliances' Energy Labels</p> <p>5.3  Interviewees' Evaluation of the mCHP Case</p> <p>6      Building a Grounded Theory on Managing Standards in Innovation Contexts</p> <p>6.1  Managing Standards and Regulation on the Company Level</p> <p>6.1.1 Supporting Factors: Necessary Conditions for Managing Standards and Regulation</p> <p>6.1.2 Activities for Managing Standards and Regulation</p> <p>6.1.3 Degrees of Freedom for New Product Development</p> <p>6.2  Industry Level Structure and Processes</p> <p>6.2.1 Key Elements of the Industry Structure</p> <p>6.2.2 Industry-Level Processes for Facilitating the Innovation</p> <p>6.2.3 'Group Dynamics' in the Industry</p> <p>6.3  Developments and Associated Processes in the Wider Context</p> <p>6.3.1 Relevance and Effects of Developments in the Wider Context</p> <p>6.3.2 Influencing Developments in the Wider Context</p> <p>6.4  Final Thoughts on Our Grounded Theory</p> <p>7      Conclusions - Managing Standards in Innovation within the Company and Beyond</p> <p>7.1  Standards' Effects on Innovation</p> <p>7.1.1 Existing Standards' Effects on Innovation</p> <p>7.1.2 Strength of Standards' Effects on Innovation</p> <p>7.1.3 Uncertainty Resulting from Missing Standards</p> <p>7.2  Managing Standards, Regulation and Innovation</p> <p>7.2.1 Organisational Support for Managing Standards and Regulation</p> <p>7.2.2 Integrating Standards and Regulation into the Innovation Process</p> <p>7.2.3 Addressing External Developments on the Industry Level and in the Wider Context</p> <p>7.3  Dynamics on the Industry Level and Beyond</p> <p>7.3.1 Sources of Dynamics in the Industry and Wider Context</p> <p>7.3.2 Industry-Level Approaches for Addressing Dynamics in the Process</p> <p>7.3.3 Dynamics' Support for Aligning the Innovation with the Wider Context</p> <p>7.4  Managerial Implications</p> <p>7.4.1 Important Effects of Standards</p> <p>7.4.2 Implications for Company-Internal Management</p> <p>7.4.3 Implications for Cross-Company Collaboration</p> <p>7.5  Limitations and Scope for Further Research</p> <p>7.5.1 Generalising our Theory</p> <p>7.5.2 Questions for Future Research</p> <p>Index<br></p> <p> </p>