Exploring the determinants of the OSS market potential: The case of the Apache web server

Spyridoula Lakka, Christos Michalakelis, Dimitris Varoutas () and Draculis Martakos

Telecommunications Policy, 2012, vol. 36, issue 1, 51-68

Abstract: A theoretical framework is proposed for the better understanding of the OSS global diffusion. Following a case study approach, the Apache web server's market potential is estimated, forecasted and examined in terms of the socio-economic factors determining its diffusion, across different economic environments in developed versus developing countries. Market saturation is explored under the prism of three theoretical perspectives: the institutional, the endogenous and the exogenous growth theories. Findings suggest that Apache market saturation levels depend on both endogenous and exogenous to a country factors and that institutional quality plays an important role to the market potential. Implications for theory and public policy are discussed.

Keywords: Diffusion of innovations theory; Institutional theory; Endogenous growth theory; Exogenous growth theory; Open source software (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2011.11.018

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