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The Debate and the Community. “Reflexive Identity” in the FLOSS Community.
Rullani, Francesco - Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Scuola … - 2005
The empirical studies relative to the Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) case stress the important role played by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481669
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Why do users choose Open Source software? Analysis of the network effect
Celińska, Dorota; Lasek, Mirosława - Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Uniwersytet Warszawski - 2015
This article analyses the phenomenon of using the Open Source software. Its aim is to verify the existence of a … positive direct network effect that characterizes using of the Open Source software. The multivariate probit model is used to … extract factors motivating users to the usage of the Open Source software. Special attention is paid to demographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170257
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COMPARISON ON OPEN SOURCE COLLABORATIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
MARIN, Cosmin - Facultatea de Cibernetica, Statistica şi Informatica … - 2010
Modern concepts, like team collaboration and project management, have to backed up by modern software tools, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008783725
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Who Starts with Open Source? Institutional Choice of Start-Ups in the German ICT Sector
Fritsch, Michael; Engelhardt, Sebastian von - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
between two IPR regimes: open source software (OSS) or closed source software (CSS). The share of new firms with an OSS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511326
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Consumer welfare and market structure in a model of competition between open source and proprietary software
Gaudeul, Alexia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
two modes of production, the proprietary model where entrepreneurs sell software to the users, and the open source model … where users participate in software development. I show that the OS model of production may be more efficient from the point …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497689
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Growth Effects of non Proprietary Innovation
Saint-Paul, Gilles - CESifo - 2002
We study an endogenous growth model where a profit-motivated R and D sector coexists with the introduction of free blueprints invented by philanthropists. These goods are priced at marginal cost, contrary to proprietary ones which are produced by a monopoly owned by the inventor. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051544
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Consumer Welfare and Market Structure in a Model of Competition Between Open Source and Proprietary Software
Gaudeul, Alexia - Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia - 2008
two modes of production, the proprietary model where entrepreneurs sell software to the users, and the open source model … where users participate in software development. I show that the OS model of production may be more efficient from the point …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032061
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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 … software firms shows that firms have adapted to an environment dominated by incumbent standards by combining the offering of … proprietary and OS software under different licensing schemes, thus choosing a hybrid business model. The paper examines the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009197783
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Growth Effects of Non-Proprietary Innovation
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
We study and endogenous growth model where a profit-motivated R&D sector coexists with the introduction of free blueprints invented by philanthropists. These goods are priced at marginal cost, contrary to proprietary ones, which are produced by a monopoly owned by the inventor. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662038
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COOPERATIVE INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN COMMUNITY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
LIU, MANLU; ZENG, DANIEL D.; ZHAO, J. LEON - In: International Journal of Information Technology & … 13 (2014) 01, pp. 5-28
Community source development has emerged as a new way of developing enterprise applications, leading to a unique type of open source development involving collaborative investment decisions by multiple institutional partners. A critical research question is what motivates partnering institutions...
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