Several scholars as well as industry professionals have claimed that there is a "software-biased shift" in the nature … and direction of innovation in that software development is a core part of innovation activities in firms across a wide …-level survey data on the frequency and nature of software development among firms in Sweden, matched with the Community Innovation …

"This book gives an overview of the current research streams in the field of free and open source software development …. A multitude of research approaches are used to explore free and open source software development processes, attributes … open source software development, and analyzes chances and risks for cooperation with traditional organizations and the …

Over the last 20 years, open source development has become an integral part of the software industry and a key … open source software projects and their changing relationships to established IT companies. This is followed by the …In den letzten 20 Jahren ist die Open-Source-Entwicklung zu einem integralen Bestand der Softwareindustrie und zu einem …

Purpose: A growing number of commercial open source software, based on free open source software, appears in many … segments of software market. The purpose of this study is to investigate how commercial open source software affects … proprietary software producer's pricing (market share or profit), consumer surplus and social welfare. Design/methodology: To …

Purpose: A growing number of open source software emerges in many segments of the software market. In addition …, software products usually exhibit network externalities. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of open source … software on the quality strategies of proprietary software vendors when the market presents positive network externalities …