We study the question of whether a software vendor should allow users of unlicensed (pirated) copies of a software … product to apply security patches. We present a joint model of network software security and software piracy and contrast two … policies that a software vendor can enforce: (i) restriction of security patches only to legitimate users or (ii) provision of …

In enterprise software markets, firms are increasingly using services-based business models built on open …-source software (OSS) to compete with established, proprietary software firms. Because thirdparty firms can also strategically … contribute to OSS and compete in the services market, the nature of competition between OSS constituents and proprietary software …

By software vendors offering, via the cloud, software as a service (SaaS) versions of traditionally on …-premises application software, security risks associated with usage become more diversified which can greatly increase the value associated … with the software. In an environment where negative security externalities are present and users make complex consumption …