Open Source Software (OSS) is playing an increasing role in ICT standardizations on future technologies such as 5G and the Internet of Things. Formal standard settings organizations (SSOs) are exploring ways to utilize OSS. This paper depicts the difference between open source licenses and the...

Difficulties in measuring the production of software might result in significant underestimation of economic growth. The magnitude of this underestimation is likely to increase over time, if software development continues its current trajectory of making up an increasingly large share of...

Electronic timekeeping is a ubiquitous feature of the modern workplace. Time and attendance software enables employers to record employees' hours worked, breaks taken, and related data to determine compensation. Sometimes this software also undermines wage and hour law, allowing bad actor...

The widespread uptake of platform strategies turns many vendors of enterprise software into curators of an ecosystem of firms that collaboratively develop and commercialize a shared technology. As a platform owner's effectiveness in integrating knowledge across ecosystem participants will...

Multihoming – the decision to design a complement to operate on multiple platforms – is becoming increasingly common in many platform markets. Perceived wisdom suggests that multihoming is beneficial for complement providers as they expand their market reach, but it reduces differentiation...

The decision of optimum location in the construction of a logistics (warehouse & distribution) center (or similar facilities) is frequently encountered in the business environment. On a purely logistical level (assuming minimal internal political considerations), this decision must take into...

Four financial technical analysis tools are provided including moving averages, Bollinger bands, moving average convergence divergence (MACD) and the relative strength index (RSI). The tftools command is used with four subcommands, each referring to a technical analysis tool: bollingerbands,...

Free software offer as a promotional tool has been employed by software firms of all sizes. In this research, we propose an extended multi-generation diffusion model that separates substitution from switching, and develop methodologies to help a firm determine the optimal number of free...

The European Citizens' Initiative is a unique tool for participatory democracy allowing citizens to propose to the European Commission an action in the area of EU competence. Citizens need to collect at least one million statements of support, either on paper or electronically, from people...

This document describes a carbon emission reporting method based on maps of forest changes. The method is based on the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) guidelines to define forests, deforestation, and forest degradation from multi-temporal tree cover change maps. The CarbEF...