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The extension of clusters: Differences-in-difference evidence from the Bavarian state-wide cluster policy
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Kipar, Stefan - 2008
Bavarian State Government. The purpose of the initiative was to create a Bavarian-wide innovation network in support of state … the likelihood of innovation by a firm in the targeted industry by 4 to 7 percentage points. However, this effect is …
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Quality competition or quality cooperation? License-type and the strategic nature of open source vs. closed source business models
von Engelhardt, Sebastian - 2010
In the ICT sector, product-software is an important factor for the quality of the products (e.g. cell phones). In this context, open source software enables firms to avoid quality competition as they can cooperate on quality without an explicit contract. The economics of open source (OS) versus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273866
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What economists know about open source software its basic principles and research results
von Engelhardt, Sebastian - 2011
For a decade, economists have been fascinated by the phenomenon of open source software (OSS). OSS is marked by free access to the software and its source code. It is developed in a public, collaborative manner by thousands of non-paid volunteers as well as profit seeking firms. Today, OSS is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281669
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Who Starts with Open Source? Institutional Choice of Start-Ups in the German ICT Sector
Fritsch, Michael; Engelhardt, Sebastian von - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We analyze the characteristics of new businesses in the German ICT industry, distinguishing them based on their choice between two IPR regimes: open source software (OSS) or closed source software (CSS). The share of new firms with an OSS-based business model has increased considerably over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511326
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Quality Competition or Quality Cooperation? License-Type and the Strategic Nature of Open Source vs. Closed Source Business Models
Engelhardt, Sebastian von - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In the ICT sector, product-software is an important factor for the quality of the products (e.g. cell phones). In this context, open source software enables firms to avoid quality competition as they can cooperate on quality without an explicit contract. The economics of open source (OS) versus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493739
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Intellectual Property Rights and Ex-Post Transaction Costs: the Case of Open and Closed Source Software
Engelhardt, Sebastian von - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The economic characteristics of software and transaction costs explain, why closed source and open source software co-exist. It is about the efficient use of a non- and anti-scarce resource. But because of ex-post transaction costs that lead to information asymmetries, some property rights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090498
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The Economic Properties of Software
Engelhardt, Sebastian von - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Software is a good with very special economic characteristics. Taking a general definition of software as its starting-point, this article   systematically elaborates the central qualities of the commodity which have implications for its production and cost structure, the demand, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051050
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What Economists Know about Open Source Software - Its Basic Principles and Research Results
Engelhardt, Sebastian von - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
For a decade, economists have been fascinated by the phenomenon of open source software (OSS). OSS is marked by free access to the software and its source code. It is developed in a public, collaborative manner by thousands of non-paid volunteers as well as profit seeking firms. Today, OSS is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828345
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Entrepreneurship and innovation policy
Stam, Erik - 2008
What is meant by entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth is often not clear or very idiosyncratic. This paper … starts with a discussion of the nature of entrepreneurship and its relation to innovation. The second section provides an … overview of theory and empirical research on the relation between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263861
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How does industry specialization affect the efficiency of regional innovation systems?
Fritsch, Michael; Slavtchev, Viktor - 2008
This study analyzes the relationship between the specialization of a region in certain industries and the efficiency of the region in generating new knowledge. The efficiency measure is constructed by relating regional R&D input and output. An inversely u-shaped relationship is found between...
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