open source software. We argue that the particular way in which open source projects are managed and especially how … superior capabilities. With this incentive they will forgo the immediate rewards they could earn in software companies … producing proprietary software by restricting the access to the source code of their product. Whenever institutional …

The primary findings of our study suggest that software firms that adopt the OSS-based business model are notably less … productive than companies that merely offer proprietary software solutions. Our estimation results further show that the OSS … model use has not substantially improved the performance of software firms, we find that the OSS business model adopters …

Open source software (OSS) is marked by free access to the software and its source code. OSS is developed by a …

Recently the software industry has experienced fundamental changes in market structure through the entry of open source … market structure from monopoly to duopoly under the assumption that software producers compete in technology rather than … price or quantities. The model includes the presence of technological progress and menu costs of adjusting existing software …

, coordination of these projects, licensing of open source software, and on the public policy regarding open source software. The …

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 …

that in a standard model of commercial media bias, qualities of media content are strategic complements, whereby …

that in a standard model of commercial media bias, qualities of media content are strategic complements, whereby …