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A Longitudinal Analysis of Trajectory Changes in the Software Industry: The Case of the Content Management Application Segment
Vitari, Claudio; Ravarini, Aurelio - HAL - 2009
The software industry is changing as a result of the rising influence both of packaged and of Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS), but the change trajectory of the industry is still not well understood. This article aims to contribute to clarifying software industry evolution through a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010549071
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Can we measure Microsoft's market power ?
Genthon, Christian - HAL - 2007
This paper has the objective of measuring the market power of Microsoft in the software industry. We develop a two tier arguent. Firstly we estimate the scale economies within the industry. We then make the crude hypothesis that a firm's success in this industry is linked to its size, based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790335
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Trajectory Changes in the Software Industry: The Case of the Content Management Application Segment
Vitari, Claudio; Ravarini, Aurelio - HAL - 2009
The software industry is changing as a result of the rising influence both of packaged and of Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS), but the change trajectory of the industry is still not well understood. This article aims to contribute to clarifying software industry evolution through a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796016
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Decreasing Copyright Enforcement Costs: The Scope of a Gradual Response
Bomsel, Olivier; Ranaivoson, Heritiana - HAL - 2009
The digitization of copyrighted goods and the dematerialization of their distribution over the Internet have weakened …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792960
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As luck would have it : innovation and market value in "complex technology" sectors
Coad, Alex; Rao, Rekha - HAL - 2006
How do financial markets respond to firms' efforts at innovation ? To answer this question, we measure innovation by creating a synthetic indicator based on a firm's recent history of R&D expenditure and patent applications. We focus on four 2-digit «complex technology» manufacturing sectors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750780
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Dynamic Origin of Evolution and Social Transformation
Kirilyuk, Andrei - HAL - 2012
an a priori conservative, time-independent system. It appears together with the universal dynamic complexity definition …, where this unified complexity conservation and transformation constitutes the essence of evolution. We then consider the … exact mathematical description. Comparing the expected features of a revolutionary complexity transition near a step …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010595751
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Consensus theories: an oriented survey
Hudry, Olivier; Monjardet, Bernard - HAL - 2010
consensus rules, tournament solutions, restricted domains, abstract consensus theories, algorithmic and complexity issues. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603671
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Dynamic Origin of Evolution and Social Transformation
Kirilyuk, Andrei - HAL - 2013
an a priori conservative, time-independent system. It appears together with the universal dynamic complexity definition …, where this unified complexity conservation and transformation constitutes the essence of evolution. We then consider the … exact mathematical description. Comparing the expected features of a revolutionary complexity transition near a step …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821087
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Requisite variety and intercultural teams: to what extent is Ashby's law useful ?
Bartel-Radic, A.; Lesca, N. - HAL - 2009
Requisite variety and intercultural teams: To what extent is Ashby's law useful? The “Law of Requisite Variety” (LRV) is frequently evoked to explain the design, functioning and performance of intercultural teams. But to what extent does the law really enhance understanding in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788860
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Complexity, uncertainty, and organizational congruency
Hanaki, Nobuyuki; Owan, Hideo - HAL - 2010
Many scholars in the fields of organization theory and management strategy have argued that there is a tension between the two types of organizational learning activities, exploration and exploitation. They appear to be substitutes: the greater the skill at one, the harder it is to do the other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793425