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Growth Effects of Non-Proprietary Innovation

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

We study and endogenous growth model where a profit-motivated R&D sector coexists with the introduction of free blueprints invented by philanthropists. These goods are priced at marginal cost, contrary to proprietary ones, which are produced by a monopoly owned by the inventor. We show that...

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The Determinants of Output Per Contributor in Open Source Projects: An Empirical Examination

Fershtman, Chaim; Gandal, Neil - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Using a unique dataset we examine empirically which factors explain output per contributor in open source projects. We find that the output per contributor of open source programmes is much higher when licenses are less restrictive. Further examination suggests that the difference in output per...

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Network Dynamics and Knowledge Transfer in Virtual Organizations: Overcoming the Liability of Dispersion

Gandal, Neil; Stettner, Uriel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

this conjecture in our investigation of a network of open-source software projects and developers compiled from a dataset …

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Digital Goods and the New Economy

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

efficiency; provides further insight into why Open Source Software is a successful model of innovation and development in digital …

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Microstructure of Collaboration: The 'Social Network' of Open Source Software

Fershtman, Chaim; Gandal, Neil - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Software (OSS) projects and contributors on the Internet, we construct two related networks: A Project network and a …The open source model is a form of software development with source code that is typically made available to all … interested parties. At the core of this process is a decentralized production process: open source software development is done …

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Information Sharing and Cumulative Innovation in Business Networks

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

How can we explain the success of cooperative networks of firms that share innovations, such as Silicon Valley or the Open Source community? This Paper shows that if innovations are cumulative, making an invention publicly available to a network of firms may be valuable if the firm expects to...

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Public Subsidies for Open Source? Some Economic Policy Issues of the Software Market

Schmidt, Klaus M.; Schnitzer, Monika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper discusses the economic merits of direct or indirect governmental support for open source projects. Software … differences between proprietary software and open source software with respect to these market features and ask whether open … source as an alternative to proprietary software can mitigate these problems. Then we discuss the implications of various …

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Motivation and Sorting in Open Source Software Innovation

Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper studies the role of intrinsic motivation, reputation and reciprocity in driving open source software …

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A Brief Survey of the Economics of Open Source Software

Fershtman, Chaim; Gandal, Neil - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

all interested parties; further users have the right to modify and extend the program. Open source software (OSS) methods …The open source model is a form of software development in which the source code is made available, free of charge, to … several key aspects of open source software. …

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The Jukebox Mode of Innovation - A Model of Commercial Open Source Development

Henkel, Joachim - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

In this Paper, I explore the circumstances under which innovation processes without secrecy or intellectual property protection are viable, and where free revealing of innovations is a profit-maximizing strategy. Motivated by an empirical study of embedded Linux, I develop a duopoly model of...

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