In this paper, we analyze the profitability of selling and leasing models by considering both software upgrades and different price discrimination strategies. We construct a two-period model to study software upgrades, consumers' inter-temporal purchase behavior, and the price discrimination...

This research studies the price competition between a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendor, who adopts subscription-based pricing scheme, and an on-premises vendor, who uses perpetual license scheme. The SaaS vendor decides its subscription price, and the on-premises software vendor decides the...

This research studies the price competition between a Software as a Service (SaaS) vendor, who adopts a subscription-based pricing scheme, and an on-premises vendor, who uses a perpetual license scheme. The SaaS vendor decides its subscription price, and the on-premises software vendor decides...

The battle between Microsoft and Google will shape how our society makes use of technology, computing, and information. It will determine which firm will shape and control the future of computing, and ultimately profit from it. This face-off pits a world of computing which the operating system...