Open-source software migration under sanctions conditions

Mohammad Hossein Ronaghi ()
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Mohammad Hossein Ronaghi: Shiraz University

International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 2021, vol. 12, issue 6, No 9, 1132-1145

Abstract: Abstract Open-source software (OSS) has been widely used in the process of software development for the purpose of shortening the process development and reducing its costs. The growing process of OSS has put out new ways for development, distribution and correspondence of software in organizations. Countries under international sanctions are facing extreme limitations over financial transactions and technology transmissions with different countries; therefore, individuals and companies working in such territories are involved with legal limitations and limits of copyright as to using and having access to software. This research seeks to evaluate the acceptance of OSS in a country under sanction, that’s to say Iran. In this research the developed value-based acceptance model has been used. The statistical population of the study was individuals active in software and information technology industry in Iran. The sampling method was convenience sampling. The results indicated that the sanction has a significant effect on the perceived value of OSS (β = 0.72, p = 0.000) and eventually its usage. Besides, usefulness (β = 0.69, p = 0.001), perceived enjoyment (β = 0.54, p = 0.000) and facilitating conditions (β = 0.58, p = 0.002) are considered as factors effective in applying OSS. As a result, one of the solutions of technology development in sanctioned organizations is to use OSS.

Keywords: Open-source software (OSS); Sanction; Perceived value; Adoption intention; Perceived risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L86 O33 O36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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