The Impact of Network Externalities on the Competition Between Open Source and Proprietary Software

In this paper, we build analytical models to examine the impact of network externalities on the competition between open source software (OSS) and proprietary software. We investigate the competing OSS and proprietary software products with comparable functionalities in four different scenarios depe...

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Published in:	Journal of management information systems Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 201 - 230
Main Authors:	Cheng, Hsing Kenneth, Liu, Yipeng, Tang, Qian (Candy)
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon Routledge 01.04.2011 M. E. Sharpe Sharpe Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Compatibility Competition Computer software Consumers Copyright Economic competition Externalities Externality Financial incentives Imbalance Information storage and retrieval systems Market share Markets Modelling Network access lines Network analysis Network effects network externalities Networks Netzwerkökonomik Open competition Open Source Open source software Prices Product development Property Proprietary Rivalry Software software compatibility Studies Unternehmenssoftware Vendors Vergleich
ISSN:	0742-1222, 1557-928X
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