Why do users choose Open Source software? Analysis of the network effect
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Keywords
Open Source; software; source code; end user characteristics; network effect; multivariate probit; motivation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L17 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Open Source Products and Markets
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
- C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IPR-2015-02-22 (Intellectual Property Rights)
- NEP-NET-2015-02-22 (Network Economics)
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