A general equilibrium analysis of software development: Implications of copyright protection and contract enforcement.

We develop a general equilibrium model to study the implications of a legal environment on the organization of software production. We show that contract enforcement determines the organizational mode (i.e., in-house versus outsourcing) of customized software development while copyright protection a...

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Publicado en:European Economic Review Vol. 50; no. 7; pp. 1661 - 1683
Autor principal: Qiu, Larry D.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Elsevier Science October 2006
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