The impact of open source software on the strategic choices of firms developing proprietary software

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-275

  Jaisingh, Jeevan ^a   See To, Eric W K ^b   Tam, Kar Yan ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Network externality; Open source software; Quality; Resources

Indexed keywords

BASE MODELS; CLOSED SOURCE SOFTWARES; NETWORK EFFECTS; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PRICING DECISION; PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE; QUALITY; QUALITY SOFTWARE; RESOURCES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; SOFTWARE MARKETS; STRATEGIC CHOICE;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; OPEN SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 66549101204     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222250307     Document Type: Article

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