Economic Analysis, Public Policy and the Software Industry

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dc.contributor.author	B. Richardson, George
dc.date.accessioned	2010-07-02
dc.date.accessioned	2010-07-02T09:59:53Z
dc.date.available	2010-07-02T09:59:53Z
dc.date.issued	2010-07-02
dc.identifier.isbn	8778730236
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8115
dc.description.abstract	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.	en_US
dc.format.extent	29 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	St. John College	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	DRUID;97-4
dc.subject.other	Software, competition, innovation, standardisation, intellectual property protection	en_US
dc.title	Economic Analysis, Public Policy and the Software Industry	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt10jul02 siso	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for Innovation og Organisationsøkonomi	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	INO	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	INO	en_US
dc.idnumber	8778730236	en_US
dc.publisher.city	Oxford	en_US
dc.publisher.year	1997	en_US