applications to adopt open source software in their firms. We characterize the conditions under which enterprises adopt open source … software. We show that adoption depends crucially on network effects, the fit of software with the range of applications used … architecture that consists of open source and proprietary software. The equilibrium adoption is often socially inefficient. This is …

may even reduce welfare. The reason is that it crowds out proprietary innovation which on net may reduce total innovation … in the long run. These effects would be reinforced if philanthropical innovation diverted people from other productive …

software industry, but also in various other industrial contexts. We develop the concept of Open Source Innovation (OSI) as a …Motivation of this paper is to discuss that the open source model of innovation does not only seem practical in the … generalisation of the open source model of software development (OSS). Our definition centres on the collaboration of volunteers and …