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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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On the Optimal Production Capacity for Influenza Vaccine

Forslid, Rikard; Herzing, Mathias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

This paper analyses the profit maximising capacity choice of a monopolistic vaccine producer facing the uncertain event of a pandemic in a homogenous population of forward-looking individuals. For any capacity level the monopolist solves the intertemporal price discrimination problem within the...

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Can we Trust Private Firms as Suppliers of Vaccines for the Avian Influenza?

Forslid, Rikard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Using a simple monopoly model, this note analyses the incentives of a vaccine producer. Because a vaccine tends to eradicate the disease for which it is intended, it also tends to destroy its own market. This means that monopolistic producers may be tempted, in a socially non-optimal way, to...

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

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

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 … by a network of unpaid software developers. Using data from Sourceforge.net, the largest repository of Open Source …

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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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Intra- and Inter-Format Competition Among Discounters and Supermarkets

Cleeren, Kathleen; Dekimpe, Marnik G.; Gielens, Katrijn; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

The price-aggressive discount format, popularized by chains such as Aldi and Lidl, is very successful in most Western economies. Its success is a major source of concern for traditional supermarkets. Discounters not only have a direct effect on supermarkets’ market shares, they also exert...

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