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market structure from monopoly to duopoly under the assumption that software producers compete in technology rather than …, i.e. innovation. It is found that: (i) moving from monopoly to duopoly does increase the technology level set by firms … in the software industry; (ii) a duopoly adjusts more readily to global technological progress than a monopolist …
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This paper analyzes a dynamic mixed duopoly in which a profit-maximizing competitor interacts with a competitor that …
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In enterprise software markets, firms are increasingly using services-based business models built on open-source software (OSS) to compete with established, proprietary software firms. Because thirdparty firms can also strategically contribute to OSS and compete in the services market, the...
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We use a Hotelling linear city model to study competition between open source and proprietary software, where only the producer of the proprietary software aims at maximizing the profit. The producer of the proprietary software must decide on compatibility. Different compatibility strategies...
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We study an endogenous growth model where a profit-motivated R and D sector coexists with the introduction of free blueprints invented by philanthropists. These goods are priced at marginal cost, contrary to proprietary ones which are produced by a monopoly owned by the inventor. We show that...
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