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 …

embedded Linux, a type of open source software. Toexplain the observed phenomenon of voluntary revealing, I develop a duopoly …

embedded Linux, a type of open source software (OSS). Ifind that firms, without being obliged to do so, contribute many of …

software activity. We test the hypothesis that the level of skills of participants and their skill variety are important for …

This article analyses the phenomenon of using the Open Source software. Its aim is to verify the existence of a … positive direct network effect that characterizes using of the Open Source software. The multivariate probit model is used to … extract factors motivating users to the usage of the Open Source software. Special attention is paid to demographic …

There is considerable debate regarding the use of intellectual property rights (IPR) to spur innovation in the software … developing a growth optimal mixture of open source and closed source software. This optimal scenario is then used as a basis to … examine the co-existence of open and closed source software within various institutional frameworks ranging from no protection …

Software ist ein Gut, welches besondere ökonomische Eigenschaften aufweist. In diesem Artikel werden - ausgehend von … einer allgemeinen Definition des Gutes Software - systematisch zentrale ökonomische Eigenschaften herausgearbeitet, welche … subsummieren: Software als System zur Datenverarbeitung, Software als System von Befehlen bzw. Anweisungen, Software als …