Alleviating piracy through open source strategy: An exploratory study of business software firms in China

被引：9
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作者：
Pykalainen, T. [2 ]
Yang, D. [1 ]
Fang, T. [3 ]
机构：
[1] Trinity Univ, Dept Business Adm, San Antonio, TX 78212 USA
[2] Univ Joensuu, Dept Econ & Business Adm, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland
[3] Stockholm Univ, Sch Business, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
来源：
JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 2009年 / 18卷 / 04期
关键词：
Anti-piracy strategy; China; Intellectual property; Open source strategy; Software; Strategic management of IT; PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; OPEN INNOVATION; PROPRIETARY; MODELS; IMPACT;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jsis.2009.10.001
中图分类号：
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号：
0812 ;
摘要：
This paper advances the existing knowledge of anti-piracy strategies by proposing an open source strategy (OS strategy) to alleviate software piracy based on a qualitative, case-based, exploratory study of eight software firms operating in China. The paper shows that the OS strategy is conditionally adoptable, depending on how users are willing to pay for services (market conditions): how critical and complex software is required for upgrading and modifications (software conditions): and how firms can avoid resources overloading and/or shortage (firm conditions). The paper also identifies several new indicators to assess the effectiveness of the OS strategy against piracy. Managerial implications about how to improve business in piracy-ridden environment are discussed. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
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页码：165 / 177
页数：13
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