two modes of production, the proprietary model where entrepreneurs sell software to the users, and the open source model … where users participate in software development. I show that the OS model of production may be more efficient from the point …

source projects. Increasing firms’ participation in the development of open source software (OSS) is generally perceived as a …

The rivalry between developers of open source and proprietary software encourages open source developers to court users … may choose liberal license terms such as those of the Berkeley Software Distribution as proprietary developers will then … find it easier to adopt her standard in their products. If she wants to promote the use of open source software per se, she …

model. We illustrate the extended model with a case study of a real option valuation of a multi-stage software application …

literature shows that innovation capabilities have emerged in the software cluster of Bangalore in India. This report asks … whether and how the adoption of open business models in OECD countries had an influence on the rise of innovative software … services in Bangalore. This requires detailed research on both the demand side and the supply side of outsourced software …

This article presents a method for valuing software based on the income that use of that software is expected to … present value, and the like, are applied, always focusing on the benefits and costs of software. A major issue, not dealt with … in the literature of valuing intangibles, is that software is continually upgraded. Applying depreciation schedules is …