The economic characteristics of software and transaction costs explain, why closed source and open source software co … say, a first best realization of contracts is not feasible. Hence, open and closed source software are two second best …

There is considerable debate regarding the use of intellectual property rights (IPR) to spur innovation in the software … developing a growth optimal mixture of open source and closed source software. This optimal scenario is then used as a basis to … examine the co-existence of open and closed source software within various institutional frameworks ranging from no protection …

Software is a good with very special economic characteristics. Taking a general definition of software as its starting … and cost structure, the demand, the contestability of software-markets, and the allocative efficiency. In this context it … appears to be reasonable to subsume the various characteristics under the following generic terms: software as a means of data …

The paper presents a dynamic perspective on the landscape of Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) developers …

open source software. We argue that the particular way in which open source projects are managed and especially how … superior capabilities. With this incentive they will forgo the immediate rewards they could earn in software companies … producing proprietary software by restricting the access to the source code of their product. Whenever institutional …

Arbeitender, die durch eine rechtlich spezifische Lizenz ein 'öffentliches Gut' erstellen, neben kommerzieller Software eine hohe … Bedeutung erlangt. In dieser Arbeit wird die Zusammenarbeit der Open Source-Mitarbeiter bei der Softwareentwicklung anhand einer … Einfluss der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik (IuK) auf die hoch virtuelle Zusammenarbeit der Softwareentwicklung …

software activity. We test the hypothesis that the level of skills of participants and their skill variety are important for …