Designing free software samples: A game theoretic approach

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-278

  Faugèlre, Christophe ^a   Tayi, Giri Kumar ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Free sample; Monopolist; Optimal software design; Sales cannibalization; Shareware; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148931080     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-006-0002-6     Document Type: Article

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