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Economic Analysis, Public Policy and the Software Industry

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  • George B. Richardson

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This paper focuses on three related matters. It analyses the process of competition in the software industry, this being important both in itself and for the light it throws on competition within all industries characterised by low or zero marginal costs and a high rate of technical development. The software industry, operating under private enterprise, is dependent on copyright, and the issues raised by intellectual property protection are therefore also considered. Given the need for inter-operability between different software products, and between these and associated hardware, standardisation is important within the industry, and the processes by which standards may be established are evaluated. Consideration is given to the public policy issues that are raised by these three topics.

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  • George B. Richardson, 1997. "Economic Analysis, Public Policy and the Software Industry," DRUID Working Papers 97-4, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies.
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    1. Harald Schmidbauer & Mehmet Gencer & Bulent Ozel & V. Sinan Tunalioglu, 2007. "Public Policies in the Software Market: Regional Issues Concerning Open Source Software," EcoMod2007 23900082, EcoMod.

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    Keywords

    Software; competition; innovation; standardisation; intellectual property protection;
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    JEL classification:

    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • L63 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Microelectronics; Computers; Communications Equipment

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