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Strategic intellectual property sharing : competition on an open technology platform under network effects

Niculescu, Marius F.; Wu, D. J.; Xu, Lizhen - In: Information systems research : ISR 29 (2018) 2, pp. 498-519

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Half a Century of Public Software Institutions: Open Source as a Solution to Hold-Up Problem

Schwarz, Michael; Takhteyev, Yuri - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

We argue that the intrinsic inefficiency of proprietary software has historically created a space for alternative … institutions that provide software as a public good. We discuss several sources of such inefficiency, focusing on one that has not … software must make complementary investments, when the return on such investments depends on future cooperation of the software …

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Competition among proprietary and open-source software firms : the role of licensing in strategic contribution

August, Terrence; Chen, Wei; Zhu, Kevin - In: Management science : journal of the Institute for … 67 (2021) 5, pp. 3041-3066

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Participation motifs and the emergence of organization in open productions

Lomi, Alessandro; Conaldi, Guido; Tonellato, Marco; … - In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 29 (2014) C, pp. 40-57

explore these hypotheses by examining problem solving attempts performed by 135 participants in an open source software … project on the 719 problems (software bugs) recorded during a complete release cycle of the software. Our empirical strategy …

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Technology, property rights and organizational diversity in the software industry

Landini, Fabio - In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 23 (2012) 2, pp. 137-150

distinct systems for software development. The model shows that: (a) for low design costs of modularity, both open- and closed … software; and (c) production efficiency is not a necessary condition for the stochastic stability of a system to obtain. These … three results can shed light on the emergence of organizational diversity in the software industry. The paper adds to the …

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Computer Mediated Transactions

Varian, Hal R. - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 2, pp. 1-10

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Intellectual Property Rights and Efficient Firm Organization

Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

I provide a justification of intellectual property rights as a source of static efficiency gains in manufacturing, rather than dynamic benefits from greater innovation. I develop a property-rights model of a supply relationship with two dimensions of non- contractible investment. In equilibrium,...

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Old Moats for New Models : Openness, Control, and Competition in Generative AI

Azoulay, Pierre; Krieger, Joshua L.; Nagaraj, Abhishek - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Drawing insights from the field of innovation economics, we discuss the likely competitive environment shaping generative AI advances. Central to our analysis are the concepts of appropriability--whether firms in the industry are able to control the knowledge generated by their innovations--and...

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Competition in the Cryptocurrency Market

Gandal, Neil; Halaburda, Hanna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We analyze how network effects affect competition in the nascent cryptocurrency market. We do so by examining the changes over time in exchange rate data among cryptocurrencies. Specifically, we look at two aspects: (1) competition among different currencies, and (2) competition among exchanges...

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Procuring Innovation

Cabral, Luís M B; Cozzi, Guido; Denicolò, Vincenzo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

To stay on top of global competition, firms and governments often need to acquire innovative goods and services, including ideas and research, from their strategic suppliers. A careful design of procurement policy is crucial to make potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable...

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