case study investigates the contract enforcement institutions that enable German customers to purchase software in Asian … information and communication technology, when it comes to the initiation and control of their foreign business relations. Due to …

matched-model price indexes for personal computer database software. Our database covers the price development in Germany from … 1986 to 1994. Quality-adjusted software prices decline by 7.4 percent according to our hedonic index. Surprisingly, a … software product. The estimation results also confirm the importance of network effects. Code compatibility, i.e. the …