​“This concept serves as an indicator of the likelihood that deviating technology standards emerge as a result of a country’s technology development process. The concept suggests that progress is based on experience, on which a country can build on during the technological development process.

The figure depicts the ‘standard-setting capability’ that varies between low on the left and high on the right side. It illustrates the development of the standardization system that varies between ‘rigid’ and ‘adaptive’ as (the overall) development requires an adaptive framework to enable dynamic evolvement.

The concept assumes that a country seeks economic development and therefore strives for an increasingly high capability in standard-setting.”

(Weithmann/Lüdtke 2023: 6-7)