the telecommunications and Internet equipment firms and independent software firms. The emergence of the competitive stand …-alone software industry, combined with a trend towards open operating systems and customer demand for greater flexibility, and …

and disadvantages of each model for organizing the development of different types of software and for appropriating …, respectively. Microsoft, Netscape and Linux. The concluding section relates software development to the broader forms of economic …

In this paper, we examine how software vulnerabilities affect firms that license software and consumers that purchase … software. In particular, we model three decisions of the firm: (i) an upfront investment in the quality of the software to … software. We also model two decisions of the consumer: (i) whether to purchase the software; and (ii) whether to apply a patch. …

This paper examines one of the most important marketing strategies by software producers on the Internet. That is …

projects. Our model examines the links between openness and innovation in software technologies by revealing how disclosure …

The debate on software intellectual property rights (IPRs) has not only highlighted fundamental issues regarding the … scheme of protection that software enjoys, it has also pointed out major gaps in the representation of computer programs as … economic goods. In this respect, various interpretations of software propose a limited outlook by referring only to particular …

This article examines the role of 'continuations' (procedural revisions of patent applications) in software patents and … analyze data on continuations in software or any other patent class, providing information on the effects of 1995 changes in … continuations grew steadily during 1987-1995, with particularly rapid growth in software patenting. Sharp reversals in these growth …