Three essays on the economics of information technology innovation
There are three essays on the economics of information technology innovation in my dissertation: 1. Procurement contracting strategies in a hierarchical supply network; 2. R and D offshoring and technology learning in emerging economies firm level evidence from the information technology industry...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2008
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| Summary: | There are three essays on the economics of information technology innovation in my dissertation:
1. Procurement contracting strategies in a hierarchical supply network;
2. R and D offshoring and technology learning in emerging economies firm level evidence from the information technology industry;
3. Software design strategies in markets with open source competitors.
The first essay addresses the impact of an information technology enabled hierarchical supply structure on a firm s procurement strategies.
The second essay investigates information technology hardware innovation. I examine R and D offshoring of information technology hardware firms and its impact on R and D effort of firms in host countries.
The third essay focuses on software innovation. I investigate open source software and its impact on the design of proprietary software in terms of number of features bundled in the software. |
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