Open source software, competition and innovation

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 461-476

  Bitzer, Jürgen ^a,b   Schröder, Philipp J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES EMDEN LEER   (Germany)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Innovation; Open source software; Strategic interaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; COST; INNOVATION; MONOPOLY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 36849017626     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710701711315     Document Type: Article

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