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Entry and Subcontracting in Public Procurement Auctions

Branzoli, Nicola - 2019

We empirically study how the interplay between entry and subcontracting choices is affected by the use of different auction formats in public procurement. The difference-in-differences strategy used exploits a data set of auctions for public works run alternately under first price and average...

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Membership Herding and Network Stability in the Open Source Community: The Ising Perspective

Oh, Wonseok; Jeon, Sangyong - In: Management Science 53 (2007) 7, pp. 1086-1101

The aim of this paper is twofold: (1) to conceptually understand membership dynamics in the open source software (OSS) community, and (2) to explore how different network characteristics (i.e., network size and connectivity) influence the stability of an OSS network. Through the lens of Ising...

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The Architecture of Participation: Does Code Architecture Mitigate Free Riding in the Open Source Development Model?

Baldwin, Carliss Y.; Clark, Kim B. - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 7, pp. 1116-1127

This paper argues that the architecture of a codebase is a critical factor that lies at the heart of the open source development process. We define two observable properties of an architecture: (1) modularity and (2) option value. Developers can often make informed judgments about modularity and...

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Exploring the Structure of Complex Software Designs: An Empirical Study of Open Source and Proprietary Code

MacCormack, Alan; Rusnak, John; Baldwin, Carliss Y. - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 7, pp. 1015-1030

This paper reports data from a study that seeks to characterize the differences in design structure between complex software products. We use design structure matrices (DSMs) to map dependencies between the elements of a design and define metrics that allow us to compare the structures of...

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Mixed Source

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Llanes, Gastón - In: Management Science 57 (2011) 7, pp. 1212-1230

We study competitive interaction between a profit-maximizing firm that sells software and complementary services, and a free open-source competitor. We examine the firm's choice of business model between the proprietary model (where all software modules are proprietary), the open-source model...

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Entry Strategies Under Competing Standards: Hybrid Business Models in the Open Source Software Industry

Bonaccorsi, Andrea; Giannangeli, Silvia; Rossi, Cristina - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 7, pp. 1085-1098

The paper analyzes the strategies of software firms that have entered the open source (OS) field. The notion of the OS business model is discussed in the light of a substantial body of theoretical literature concerning strategic management and the economics of innovation, as well as specialized...

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Information Acquisition and the Adoption of New Technology

McCardle, Kevin F. - In: Management Science 31 (1985) 11, pp. 1372-1389

The profitability of a new technology is rarely known with certainty at its announcement date. Consequently, prior to … estimate of profitability crosses one of two thresholds: upon crossing the upper threshold the firm adopts the technology …, whereas the firm rejects the technology if the lower threshold is crossed. The model predicts that even the manager who …

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Centralization of Stocks: Retailers vs. Manufacturer

Anupindi, Ravi; Bassok, Yehuda - In: Management Science 45 (1999) 2, pp. 178-191

A well-known result in inventory theory is that physical centralization of stocks in a system with multiple retailers decreases total costs and increases total profits for the retailers. However, does this centralization also benefit the manufacturer, whose goods the retailers stock, when...

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Now IT's Personal: Offshoring and the Shifting Skill Composition of the U.S. Information Technology Workforce

Tambe, Prasanna; Hitt, Lorin M. - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 4, pp. 678-695

We combine new information technology (IT) offshoring and IT workforce microdata to investigate how the use of IT …

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The Effect of CRM Outsourcing on Shareholder Value: A Contingency Perspective

Kalaignanam, Kartik; Kushwaha, Tarun; Steenkamp, … - In: Management Science 59 (2013) 3, pp. 748-769

information technology capabilities and low on marketing capabilities, and less beneficial when it concerns presales CRM …

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