Competition and open source with perfect software compatibility

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-200

  Lanzi, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oligopolistic competition; Open source; Software markets; Vertical product differentiation

Indexed keywords

HEDONIC QUALITY; LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING; LOCK-IN; MARKET OUTCOMES; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; OLIGOPOLISTIC COMPETITION; OPEN SOURCE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCES; OPEN-SOURCE NETWORK; OPEN-SOURCE PROGRAM; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION; PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE; SELLING PRICES; SMALL NETWORKS; SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY; SOFTWARE MARKETS; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SOFTWARE USE; TWO STAGE; VERTICAL PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COSTS; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; EDUCATION; GAME THEORY; OPEN SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); GAME THEORY; MODELING; OLIGOPOLY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 67649210285     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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