appropriate for computer software, as it may decrease both ex-ante incentives to innovation and ex-post efficiency of diffusion …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 …

The rivalry between developers of open source and proprietary software encourages open source developers to court users … may choose liberal license terms such as those of the Berkeley Software Distribution as proprietary developers will then … find it easier to adopt her standard in their products. If she wants to promote the use of open source software per se, she …

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 …

An extensive empirical literature indicates that returns from innovation are appropriated primarily via mechanisms … assumes the pure nonrivalry of `ideas' with its implication that, in the absence of intellectual property, innovation (and … welfare) is zero. This paper introduces a formal model of innovation based on imperfect competition in which imitation is …

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

literature shows that innovation capabilities have emerged in the software cluster of Bangalore in India. This report asks … influence on the ‘space’ for innovation that accrues to suppliers in the software industry in India. On the supply side, the … in the export platforms of Asia. However, the influence of outsourcing on innovation capabilities is less clear. Recent …

This paper studies the effects of spatial concentration of innovation activity on local production of patents in the US …, via spatial interactions, is also a purveyor of local innovation production. The effect is stronger when we consider …

We look at the effect of the US Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) financial regulation on industrial innovation. Our theoretical …

This paper studies the interlinks between innovation inputs and outputs and between innovation outputs and economic … development. Using a panel data-set from 31 regions of China, we show that the difference in regional innovation output can be …