two modes of production, the proprietary model where entrepreneurs sell software to the users, and the open source model … where users participate in software development. I show that the OS model of production may be more efficient from the point …

source projects. Increasing firms’ participation in the development of open source software (OSS) is generally perceived as a …

This article presents a method for valuing software based on the income that use of that software is expected to … present value, and the like, are applied, always focusing on the benefits and costs of software. A major issue, not dealt with … in the literature of valuing intangibles, is that software is continually upgraded. Applying depreciation schedules is …

In this paper we contend that – contrary to what argued by a vast part of the literature – computer software and, more … concerned, this means that innovative activities in computer software are characterized by high degrees of interdepen- dencies … appropriate for computer software, as it may decrease both ex-ante incentives to innovation and ex-post efficiency of diffusion …

scholars on the topic. Open source software (OSS) is developed by communities of programmers and users, usually sponsored by … source software (CSS) competition will be presented. Hardware and software are complement goods and OSS is financed by … hardware firms. There is a differentiated oligopoly of hardware–software bundles, in which firms compete in prices. Results are …

, the traditional copyright model has recently been put under critical review which is for at least two reasons: First and … their journal portfolios. Second, copyright seems negligible in academia as researchers are motivated by reputation gains … paper critically reviews the OA debate by discussing theoretical and empirical arguments on the role of copyright in …

computing software, semiconductor and contract manufacturing industries, many of with roots in emerging countries. This paper … analyzes the implications of using in-sourced genuine non-proprietary open communications standards , of the wider use of in …