A general equilibrium analysis of software development: Implications of copyright protection and contract enforcement
TL;DR: A general equilibrium model is developed that shows that contract enforcement determines the organizational mode (i.e., in-house versus outsourcing) of customized software development while copyright protection affects both packaged software as well as customizedSoftware development.
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About: This article is published in European Economic Review. The article was published on 01 Oct 2006. and is currently open access. The article focuses on the topics: Software development & Software asset management.
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