As open source software (OSS) is increasingly used as a key input by firms, understanding its impact on productivity becomes critical. This study measures the fdoi:10.2139/ssrn.2559957Nagle, FrankSocial Science Electronic PublishingNagle, F. (2019). Open Source Software and Firm Productivity. ...
This study measures the firm-level productivity impact of one such good, non-pecuniary (free) open source software (OSS). The results show a positive and significant return to the usage of non-pecuniary OSS that has gone unmeasured in prior studies of the economics of IT. The study ...
The project leader, Knut Blind, was called in as an expert in innovation economics; he was joined by scientists such as Harvard Business School's Frank Nagle, who has previously carried out similar studies on the consequences that open-source software has on firm producti...
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A fresh offensive by suspected North Korean hacking groups has targeted the open-source software community with a series of malicious packages uploaded to the npm repository. Identified by cybersecurity firm Phylum, the attacks leverage multiple techniques and appear designed to steal cryptocurrency and...
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Background: Open Source Software (OSS) is often seen as an option to mitigate risks of lock-ins. Yet, single-vendor OSS can still result in soft lock-ins due to knowledge asymmetries and technical barriers. Aim: This study explores actors that render such soft lock-ins. Research design: ...
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If you think of open source software as being primarily the work of hobbyists and lone developers, your impression is sorely out of date. While independent developers are still an important part of the open source community, today much of the work on open source projects is be...