Much of today’s software relies on programming code shared openly online. Yet, it is unclear why volunteer developers … contribute to open-source software (OSS), a public good. We study OSS contributions of some 22,900 developers worldwide on the …

Much of today's software relies on programming code shared openly online. Yet, it is unclear why volunteer developers … contribute to open-source software (OSS), a public good. We study OSS contributions of some 22,900 developers worldwide on the …

the framework of a dynamic duopolistic competition, with firms controlling their investments in software …

For several years, an increasing number of firms are investing in Open Source Software (OSS). While improvements in … lead to a decreasing voluntary private contribution. -- Open Source Software ; private provision of public goods ; Cournot …-Nash Equilibrium ; complements ; market entry …

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

We examine whether a firm's IP strategy in support of the open source software (OSS) community stimulates new OSS … product entry by start-up software firms. In particular, we analyze the impact of strategic decisions taken by IBM around the …

During the '60s and the '70s, basically all software was Open Source and everyone was allowed to copy, modify and … redistribute computer programs. When software ceased to be hardware-specific and the diffusion of computers took off, firms started … to produce software independently from hardware and to protect their code through intellectual property rights. At …

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. -- Platforms …