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Paradox Lost? Firm-Level Evidence on the Returns to Information Systems Spending

Brynjolfsson, Erik; Hitt, Lorin - In: Management Science 42 (1996) 4, pp. 541-558

The "productivity paradox" of information systems (IS) is that, despite enormous improvements in the underlying technology, the benefits of IS spending have not been found in aggregate output statistics. One explanation is that IS spending may lead to increases in product quality or variety...

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Nonlinear Pricing of Information Goods

Sundararajan, Arun - In: Management Science 50 (2004) 12, pp. 1660-1673

This paper analyzes optimal pricing for information goods under incomplete information, when both unlimited-usage (fixed-fee) pricing and usage-based pricing are feasible and administering usage-based pricing may involve transaction costs. It is shown that offering fixed-fee pricing in addition...

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Software Piracy: An Analysis of Protection Strategies

Conner, Kathleen Reavis; Rumelt, Richard P. - In: Management Science 37 (1991) 2, pp. 125-139

Software piracy by users is generally believed to harm both software firms (through lower profits) and buying customers …

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Exploring the Structure of Complex Software Designs: An Empirical Study of Open Source and Proprietary Code

MacCormack, Alan; Rusnak, John; Baldwin, Carliss Y. - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 7, pp. 1015-1030

software products. We use design structure matrices (DSMs) to map dependencies between the elements of a design and define … software products--the Linux operating system and the Mozilla Web browser--that were developed via contrasting modes of … given recent moves to release proprietary software into the public domain. These moves are likely to fail unless the product …

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Who Should Be Responsible for Software Security? A Comparative Analysis of Liability Policies in Network Environments

August, Terrence; Tunca, Tunay I. - In: Management Science 57 (2011) 5, pp. 934-959

In recent years, vendor liability for software security vulnerabilities has been the center of an important debate in … the software community and a topic gaining government attention in legislative committees and hearings. The importance of …-day attacks where hackers take advantage of vulnerabilities before the software vendor has a chance to release protective patches …

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Network Externalities in Microcomputer Software: An Econometric Analysis of the Spreadsheet Market

Brynjolfsson, Erik; Kemerer, Chris F. - In: Management Science 42 (1996) 12, pp. 1627-1647

Because of network externalities, the success of a software product may depend in part on stalled base and its …, standards, intrinsic features and a time trend on microcomputer spreadsheet software prices. When data for a sample of products …

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Complementary Product Integration by High-Technology New Ventures: The Role of Initial Technology Strategy

Nambisan, Satish - In: Management Science 48 (2002) 3, pp. 382-398

tested using data from a set of U.S.-based software new ventures. The results support our arguments and imply the need for …

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