For several years, an increasing number of firms are investing in Open Source Software (OSS). While improvements in …

For several years, an increasing number of firms are investing in Open Source Software (OSS). While improvements in …

For several years, an increasing number of firms are investing in Open Source Software (OSS). While improvements in …

We consider a firm A initially owning a software platform (e.g. operating system) and an application for this platform … against expropriation of rents. The different pieces of software are considered as assets in the sense of the property rights … firms invest in physical (and not in human) capital and that there is non-rivalry in consumption for software. …

Open source software (OSS) is a public good. A self-interested individual would consider providing such software, if … and wait for others to develop the software instead. This problem is modelled as a war of attrition with complete … feature any delay: software will be provided swiftly, by young, low-cost individuals who gain considerably by signaling their …

For several years, an increasing number of firms have been investing in Open Source Software (OSS). While improvements …

The pervasiveness of the illegal copying of software is a worldwide phenomenon. Software piracy implies a huge loss of … potential customers of original software buyers, which directly translates into revenue losses for the software industry. Given … this, conventional wisdom would suggest the need for the legal software firms and governments to take a harsh approach on …

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 … property paradigm. This paper provides an introduction into the topic OSS versus closed source software (CSS, also called …

There is considerable debate regarding the use of intellectual property rights (IPR) to spur innovation in the software … developing a growth optimal mixture of open source and closed source software. This optimal scenario is then used as a basis to … examine the co-existence of open and closed source software within various institutional frameworks ranging from no protection …