The effect of competition from open source software on the quality of proprietary software in the presence of network externalities

Purpose: A growing number of open source software emerges in many segments of the software market. In addition, software products usually exhibit network externalities. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of open source software on the quality strategies of proprietary software vendors...

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Autor: Xing, Mingqing
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/81484
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Open source software
Computer software
Competition
Software compatibility
Quality strategy
Proprietary software
Functional quality
Software usability
Network externality
Compatibility
Programari lliure
Programari
Competència econòmica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica
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spelling The effect of competition from open source software on the quality of proprietary software in the presence of network externalitiesXing, MingqingOpen source softwareComputer softwareCompetitionSoftware compatibilityQuality strategyOpen source softwareProprietary softwareFunctional qualitySoftware usabilityNetwork externalityCompatibilityProgramari lliureProgramariCompetència econòmicaÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::InformàticaPurpose: A growing number of open source software emerges in many segments of the software market. In addition, software products usually exhibit network externalities. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of open source software on the quality strategies of proprietary software vendors when the market presents positive network externalities. Design/methodology/approach: To analyze how open source software affects the quality of proprietary software, this paper constructs two vertical differentiation models: the basic model considers proprietary software monopolizing the market, and the extended model considers proprietary software competing with open source substitute. Findings: This paper mainly finds that the presence of open source software does not necessarily lead to the improvement of proprietary software quality. The network externalities and the compatibility between open source and proprietary software can change the impact of open source software on the quality of proprietary software and affect the quality strategies of proprietary software vendors under certain conditions. Originality/value: The main contribution of this paper is to examine the effect of open source software on the quality strategies for proprietary software vendors in software markets with network externalities.Peer ReviewedOmniaScience20152015-07-0120162016-01-14journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/81484reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unportedhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/814842026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The effect of competition from open source software on the quality of proprietary software in the presence of network externalities
title The effect of competition from open source software on the quality of proprietary software in the presence of network externalities
spellingShingle The effect of competition from open source software on the quality of proprietary software in the presence of network externalities
Xing, Mingqing
Open source software
Computer software
Competition
Software compatibility
Quality strategy
Open source software
Proprietary software
Functional quality
Software usability
Network externality
Compatibility
Programari lliure
Programari
Competència econòmica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica
title_short The effect of competition from open source software on the quality of proprietary software in the presence of network externalities
title_full The effect of competition from open source software on the quality of proprietary software in the presence of network externalities
title_fullStr The effect of competition from open source software on the quality of proprietary software in the presence of network externalities
title_full_unstemmed The effect of competition from open source software on the quality of proprietary software in the presence of network externalities
title_sort The effect of competition from open source software on the quality of proprietary software in the presence of network externalities
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Xing, Mingqing
author Xing, Mingqing
author_facet Xing, Mingqing
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Open source software
Computer software
Competition
Software compatibility
Quality strategy
Open source software
Proprietary software
Functional quality
Software usability
Network externality
Compatibility
Programari lliure
Programari
Competència econòmica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica
topic Open source software
Computer software
Competition
Software compatibility
Quality strategy
Open source software
Proprietary software
Functional quality
Software usability
Network externality
Compatibility
Programari lliure
Programari
Competència econòmica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica
description Purpose: A growing number of open source software emerges in many segments of the software market. In addition, software products usually exhibit network externalities. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of open source software on the quality strategies of proprietary software vendors when the market presents positive network externalities. Design/methodology/approach: To analyze how open source software affects the quality of proprietary software, this paper constructs two vertical differentiation models: the basic model considers proprietary software monopolizing the market, and the extended model considers proprietary software competing with open source substitute. Findings: This paper mainly finds that the presence of open source software does not necessarily lead to the improvement of proprietary software quality. The network externalities and the compatibility between open source and proprietary software can change the impact of open source software on the quality of proprietary software and affect the quality strategies of proprietary software vendors under certain conditions. Originality/value: The main contribution of this paper is to examine the effect of open source software on the quality strategies for proprietary software vendors in software markets with network externalities.
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