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dc.contributor.authorKoski, Helien
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-21T11:00:13Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-21T11:00:13Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/63799-
dc.description.abstractThis paper addresses the question of the software companies’ timing of adoption of the open source software (OSS) business models comprising the supply of OSS products and/or services. The game-theoretic technology adoption models do not explain well the observed diffusion patterns of the OSS business model among the sample of 716 European software firms. Instead, it seems that the network effects influentially shape the diffusion path of the OSS supply strategies. Our study further contributes to the technology diffusion literature as our econometric model aims at separating, unlike the previous empirical studies on technology diffusion, the role that the replacement effect has in the diffusion patterns of new technologies. Our data detect a clear replacement effect hindering the incumbents’ investments in new technology. The expected price declines of the computer programs – and thus the expected declining license revenues from the proprietary software – accelerate less the incumbent firms’ timing of adoption of the OSS supply model than that of the entrants.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aETLA Discussion Papers |x1102en
dc.subject.jelC41en
dc.subject.jelD21en
dc.subject.jelD23en
dc.subject.jelL2en
dc.subject.jelL86en
dc.subject.jelO14en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordtiming of technology adoption, diffusion, open source software, business modelsen
dc.subject.stwSoftwareindustrieen
dc.subject.stwOpen Sourceen
dc.subject.stwTechnischer Fortschritten
dc.subject.stwInnovationsdiffusionen
dc.subject.stwTechnologiewahlen
dc.subject.stwZeiten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.subject.stwFinnlanden
dc.subject.stwPortugalen
dc.titleDo technology diffusion theories explain the OSS business model adoption patterns?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn548022852en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:rif:dpaper:1102en

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