This paper examines open source software development in a competitive environment. The quality of open source software … augments competitors' software quality in future periods subject to compatibility considerations with their existing software …. A differential game model is developed to understand why firms are increasingly involved in open source software …

exploration of the economics of open source software. We highlight the extent to which labor economics, especially the literature …There has been a recent surge of interest in open source software development, which involves developers at many … listing interesting research questions related to open source software …

software. A primary concern for software firms seeking to develop and market open-source software is, thus, how the motivation …Firms have the choice of developing software as either open source or closed source. The open-source approach to … software development has been advocated as a new and better method for developing high quality software than the traditional …

exploration of the economics of open source software. We highlight the extent to which labor economics, especially the literature …There has been a recent surge of interest in open source software development, which involves developers at many …