Government policies supporting open source software for the mass market

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-240

  Comino, Stefano ^a   Manenti, Fabio M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information provision; Mandated adoption; Network externalities; Open source software; Software; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL POLICY; SOFTWARE; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 20444499023     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-004-7297-4     Document Type: Article

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