The primary findings of our study suggest that software firms that adopt the OSS-based business model are notably less … productive than companies that merely offer proprietary software solutions. Our estimation results further show that the OSS … business model adopters have not become notably less productive after beginning to supply OSS. Therefore, its seems that not …

between two IPR regimes: open source software (OSS) or closed source software (CSS). The share of new firms with an OSS …-based business model has increased considerably over the last several years. OSS-based firms tend to be smaller (in terms of staff … and capital) and experience less shortages of capital. Only older cohorts of OSS-intensive start-ups had more difficulty …

For a decade, economists have been fascinated by the phenomenon of open source software (OSS). OSS is marked by free …-paid volunteers as well as profit seeking firms. Today, OSS is well established in the ICT sector and represents a new intellectual … property paradigm. This paper provides an introduction into the topic OSS versus closed source software (CSS, also called …

Open source software (OSS) is a public good. A self-interested individual would consider providing such software, if … programming skills; the startup (and collapse) of an OSS project displays bandwagon dynamics. …

Open source software (OSS) is marked by free access to the software and its source code. OSS is developed by a … global the OSS community actually is, i.e. analyze the geographic origin of OSS developers. But as members of the OSS … contributes to this as we analyze not only the geographic origin of (active) developers but also the geographic allocation of OSS …