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Quality competition or quality cooperation? : license-type and the strategic nature of open source vs. closed source business models

Engelhardt, Sebastian von - 2010

In the ICT sector, product-software is an important factor for the quality of the products (e.g. cell phones). In this context, open source software enables firms to avoid quality competition as they can cooperate on quality without an explicit contract. The economics of open source (OS) versus...

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Licensing and competition for services in open source software

August, Terrence; Shin, Hyoduk; Tunca, Tunay I. - In: Information systems research : ISR 24 (2013) 4, pp. 1068-1086

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Competition Among Proprietary and Open-Source Software Firms : The Role of Licensing on Strategic Contribution

August, Terrence - 2020

In enterprise software markets, firms are increasingly using services-based business models built on open-source software (OSS) to compete with established, proprietary software firms. Because thirdparty firms can also strategically contribute to OSS and compete in the services market, the...

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Dual licensing in open source software markets

Comino, Stefano; Manenti, Fabio M. - In: Information economics and policy : IEP 23 (2011) 3/4, pp. 234-242

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Growth effects of non proprietary innovation

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002

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 …

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