intangible components, namely the software necessary for their operation, we have chosen to address in this paper the problems of … software products and the principles of circular economy. Thus, the paper presents the main opportunities and challenges that … circular economy involves for all stakeholders, namely manufacturers of electronic goods and developers of the related software …

Free and Open Source Software is freely available on the Internet and making use of it, could benefit many higher … learning institutions in developing countries. However, before adoption, it is necessary to evaluate the software to see if it … meets the requirements of the institution. The evaluation of software involves considering the quality attributes of the …

Purpose: A growing number of commercial open source software, based on free open source software, appears in many … segments of software market. The purpose of this study is to investigate how commercial open source software affects … proprietary software producer's pricing (market share or profit), consumer surplus and social welfare. Design/methodology: To …

Purpose: A growing number of open source software emerges in many segments of the software market. In addition …, software products usually exhibit network externalities. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of open source … software on the quality strategies of proprietary software vendors when the market presents positive network externalities …

multiple stakeholders, complex processes, diverse software applications, intensive white-collar jobs, and onerous quality … then addressed by building a conceptual framework based on contemporary software tools and architectures, such as web … portals, software agents, business process management system, project cards, and resource cards, all interacting with …