This article discusses the implications of the intellectual property system as applied to software, especially the use … software and a new intellectual property system in the innovation process in countries such as Brazil; finally, it attempts to … instrument to promote technological innovation? Does the reduction of the income of some software companies in developed …

The empirical studies relative to the Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) case stress the important role played by …

This article analyses the phenomenon of using the Open Source software. Its aim is to verify the existence of a … positive direct network effect that characterizes using of the Open Source software. The multivariate probit model is used to … extract factors motivating users to the usage of the Open Source software. Special attention is paid to demographic …

We re-examine the labor donation theory of not-for-profits and show that these organizations may exist notnecessarily …

software industry, more digital by its nature, it is nowadays the standard to use version control systems such as git, with …, software, music, news, and videos (Waldfogel, 2017; Wu and Zhu, 2022). Three of the top 10 of the global 2000 list by Forbes in …

Much of today's software relies on programming code shared openly online. Yet, it is unclear why volunteer developers … contribute to open-source software (OSS), a public good. We study OSS contributions of some 22,900 developers worldwide on the … contribute. Our difference-in-differences model leverages time differences in incentives for labor market signaling across users …

Much of today’s software relies on programming code shared openly online. Yet, it is unclear why volunteer developers … contribute to open-source software (OSS), a public good. We study OSS contributions of some 22,900 developers worldwide on the … contribute. Our difference-in-differences model leverages time differences in incentives for labor market signaling across users …

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 …

modelling process. Although several commercial software companies offer specific solutions for modelling credit scorecards, open …