This is a case study of TeX, a typesetting software that was developed by Donald E. Knuth in the late 70's. Released … program's code, the software that is part of the TeX distribution, the newsgroups dedicated to the software, and many other …

candidate countries. It aims to describe the ICT manufacturing and software industry in Estonia and also throw light on how this … software companies, the report also debates possible future scenarios for the Estonian ICT manufacturing and software industry … with a closer look at the challenges for the Estonian ICT sector innovation system. …

The TeX typesetting software was developed by Donald E. Knuth in the late 1970s. It was released with an open source … uncovered in previous studies of other open source software projects, such as GNU/Linux, an operating system, and Apache, a web … that are at work and influence the project. The case study explores the economic impact of the TeX software which is sold …

Patent citation data are used in a growing body of economics and business research on technological diffusion. Research … diffusing outward from the patenting entity. Until now, there exists little evidence on whether or not patent citations are a … good measure of knowledge flows. Our paper assesses the legitimacy of using European patent citations as a measure of …

issue, we build a model in which the value of an innovation depends both on the type of innovation implemented (product …, process) and on the existence of a patent protection or not. We obtain a three-equation model that links the values of product … and process innovations to the value of patent protection. This model and the feature of the data imply the estimation of …

problem. As a development of the theory, the author apply his theoretical assumption to the software copyrights. Then, the … author demonstrates econometrically that it’s possible to build an alternative model to explain software piracy taking in to …

externalities are pervasive in the computer in the computer software market. While software vendors consider pricing strategies … paper, we find that the software firm will charge a lower price to attract more users in the first stage, then charge a … upgrade time occurs when gross profit of the first edition equals the gross profit of the second edition of the software. This …

methods for Bayesian analysis of stochastic frontier models using the WinBUGS package, a freely available software. General …

this sector. We examine the IT sector, discussing the role of software versus hardware, the growth pattern of the software … industry and software exports, and the potential problems in IT labor supply to support future growth. We focus on a current … distortions and infrastructure constraints, rather than providing output or export subsidies to the software industry. We discuss …