This paper analyzes the causes of illegal copying and its effects in the software market across 66countries. By … studying the aggregated and joint effects of different variables, the analysis shows thatsupply constraints in the software … which its aggregated effect onthe software market is positive, and this is an efficient mechanism for market creation. Thus …

Today, it is almost inevitable that software is licensed, rather than sold outright. As a part of the licensing policy …-based software gradually becomes mainstream in software development, new component-oriented licensing systems are required. This … paper proposes an enterprise component licensing model for the management of software component licenses. The model provides …

leasing strategy for a special type ofdurable good --- software. We look at a software vendor that can sell(at a posted price …) or lease his product where as a lesser he guaranteesthat the lessees will always have the latest version of the software …. Weaddress some of the specific issues of implementing the selling and/orleasing policies at the packaged software market …

renewables portfolio standards, each rely on the ability to differentiate electricity by the ''attributes'' of the generation …. Because policymakers have often made systems ''compatibility'' between market areas a pre-requisite to allowing cross …

chosen to enhance consumer acceptance of PHEVs and/or compatibility with the grid. Potential benefits of such grid …

these goals will require rapid development and deployment of information compatibility methods through technical and … institutional standards. These standards will have to be scaleable and flexible to support new, and as-yet-undiscovered, data. Yet … inaccuracy of existing geodata, and areas where federal policy could lead the way to greater compatibility. …

dominance can be lessened to the point where multipleincompatible standards are viable. Our hypotheses are empiricallyexamined … the minorityformats. Therefore, producers of the non-dominant standards can bebetter off with the provision of conversion …