A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three key factors affecting supply … large-scale software developer surveys are inadequate for measuring the relative importance of these three factors. Moreover … decisions that can provide empirical estimates of relative importance within a single unified framework. -- Software ; open …

This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component … technical efficiency in the software intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey for the period 2003-2007. Firms are classified … differentials in their firm efficiency. The results show that the effect of software investment on firm efficiency is larger in high …

We provide a first empirical attempt at understanding the scale and type of skilled migration from the Indian software … software firms in India. The results are not generally consistent with an adverse or brain drain story but provide a more …. There is some evidence of associated wage pressure at the height of the software boom in the late 1990s. But there is also …

scholars and practitioners need to carefully consider before introducing such metrics in the policy arena. This article …

measurement approach that allows us to target the joint distribution of income and wealth. We show that inequality of opportunity …

important for youth and how they can be operationalized with indicators for measurement. We propose four domains of youth …