We study firm-level adoption of packaged software products of almost 4,000 UK sites between 2000 and 2003. We consider … all software used in a firm as its software product and categorize it into related, but distinct subsystems: the core …. Architectural changes hinders adoption of some, but not all software applications. …

The economic characteristics of software and transaction costs explain, why closed source and open source software co … say, a first best realization of contracts is not feasible. Hence, open and closed source software are two second best …

There is considerable debate regarding the use of intellectual property rights (IPR) to spur innovation in the software … developing a growth optimal mixture of open source and closed source software. This optimal scenario is then used as a basis to … examine the co-existence of open and closed source software within various institutional frameworks ranging from no protection …

Es wird vielfach vermutet, daß die Software-Industrie von starken Netzwerkeffekten geprägt ist. Doch wie hoch sind die … hedonischen Preisansatzes in der Software-Industrie werden beschrieben. Anschlie(3end werden drei Ansätze diskutiert, die …

Darstellungsform sehr sparsam eingesetzt worden. Die Verwendung eines Computers und der entsprechenden Software ermöglicht eine …

through ICT. The study shows that the unprecedented export performance of India’s software has to be seen in the context of …-à-vis its domestic consumption. – ICT ; growth ; development ; India ; software exports …

The pervasiveness of the illegal copying of software is a worldwide phenomenon. Software piracy implies a huge loss of … potential customers of original software buyers, which directly translates into revenue losses for the software industry. Given … this, conventional wisdom would suggest the need for the legal software firms and governments to take a harsh approach on …