Whether ERP software, office applications, open-source products or online games: In terms of its economic … characteristics, software differs fundamentally from industrial goods or services. Based on the economic principles and rules of the … software industry, the book reveals strategies and business models to software vendors that comprise cooperation, distribution …

A. Background: How the software industry works -- Economic principles at work in the software industry -- Software … vendor strategies -- B. Specific Issues: Outsourcing and offshoring of software development -- Platform concepts -- Software … as a Service. 7. Open source software …

This papers sheds light on the puzzling evidence that even though open source software (OSS) is a public good, it is … in the wider OSS literature and contribute new insights to the economic analysis. -- open source software ; public goods …

Open source software (OSS) is a public good. A self-interested individual would consider providing such software, if … and wait for others to develop the software instead. This problem is modelled as a war of attrition with complete … feature any delay: software will be provided swiftly, by young, low-cost individuals who gain considerably by signaling their …