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We present a model of industry equilibrium to study the coexistence of open-source and proprietary firms. Two novel aspects of the model are (i) participation in open source arises as the optimal decision of profit-maximizing firms, and (ii) open-source and proprietary firms may (or may not)...
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We present a model of industry equilibrium to study the coexistence of Open Source (OS) and Proprietary (P) firms. Two novel aspects of the model are: (1) participation in OS arises as the optimal decision of profit-maximizing firms, and (2) OS and P firms may (or may not) coexist in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005036740
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We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms thatsell software and complementary goods or services. In addition totactical price competition, we allow firms to compete through businessmodel reconfigurations. We consider three business models: theproprietary model (where all...
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We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms that sell software and complementary goods or services. In addition to tactical price competition, we allow firms to compete through business model reconfigurations. We consider three business models: the proprietary model (where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015151