We present a framework for measuring software quality using pricing and demand data, and empirical estimates that quantify the extent of quality degradation associated with software versioning. Using a 7-month, 108-product panel of software sales from Amazon.com, we document the extent to which...

The Open Source model of peer production, sharing, revision, and peer review has distilled and labeled the most successful human creative habits into a techno- political movement. This distillation has had costs and benefits. It has been difficult to court mainstream acceptance for such a tangle...

The open source software development model has been hailed as the most significant change in computing since Apple played David to IBM's Goliath. Yet, enterprises dedicated to bringing open source into the mainstream of the information economy have had a rough time finding ways to stay afloat...

Open-source software(OSS) programs (e.g. LINUX, Apache) provide access to the source code to any interested party. This leads to a distributed innovation model where users actively participate in the development of the product. The main purpose of this paper is to help managers who have to...

Intelligent Agents represents a new class of software with significant potential for a wide range of applications which. They have been successfully used for personal assistants, intelligent user interfaces and managing electronic mail. Recently agents have been applied to e-commerce, promising...

The music and software industry are employing copy-protection devicesin CDs and digital downloads to strengthen their weak appropriabilityregimes that leave ample opportunities for modern-day piracy. Theeffectiveness of the strategy is explained on the grounds that (a) theknowledge involved in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship among research and development expenses (R&D), market value and firm performance. Additionally, what is also questioned is, whether the relationship between R&D and market value of the firm is linear.Design/methodology/approach...

Digital technology has become a common tool within our lives including in education sector where teachers have yet to embed them within their daily teaching practices (Cuban, 2001). Utilization of information technology shows the individual's decision to use technology to solve a series of...

Programming based subjects are perceived by many students as one of the most difficult subjects. Other than non computer science students who felt the pinch on this difficult subject, those from computer and engineering programme have similar experience too. In the social sciences such as, in...