This paper considers a functional quality degradation of software with twoway features (such as reading and writing in … word-processors). A software monopolist differentiates products by introducing a functionally down-graded version (e.g. the … network externalities, the firm may wish to offer the down-graded good below cost or even free of charge in many cases …

concepts. Software companies are taking an active role in promoting the broadening range of applications. Also technological … revenue management. The rapid developments in Supply Chain Planning and Revenue Management software solutions, scientific … available software solutions and applications as well as scientific models appears equally unclear. The goal of this paper is to …

elasticity of piracy indicates that piracy is insensitive to price cuts. The results have implications for the calculation of …

In knowledge-intensive settings such as product or software development, fluid teams of individuals with different sets … diversity creates. We use detailed project- and individual-level data from an Indian software services firm to examine the … effects of team familiarity and diversity in experience on performance for software development projects. We find the …

This paper provides an explanation as to why software manufacturers from developed countries tolerate widespread … profitable for the software manufacturer to enter the market even if it incurs losses in the beginning when copyright enforcement …

citations and the number of technical fields covered by the patent is informative for value. Software patents account for a … software and business methods patents on average are of poor quality and that these patents are applied for merely to build … portfolios rather than for protection of real inventions. We therefore tested for the impact of software patents on the market …

methods for Bayesian analysis of stochastic frontier models using the WinBUGS package, a freely available software. General …