Arbeitspapier

Open Source, ICT infrastructure and firm performance

This paper empirically studies the impact of the adoption of open source software (OSS) on firms' labor productivity and innovative behavior. Using a representative sample of German firms, the results show that the adoption of OSS operating systems for servers and general OSS applications has no impact on firm level labor productivity, while the adoption of OSS operating systems for PCs impacts labor productivity negatively. This result points to the costs associated with the implementation of open source software. Moreover, the analysis shows that the adoption of OSS operating systems for PCs has a positive effect on the value of introduced process innovations, suggesting efficiency gains by adopting a tailored ICT infrastructure. These benefits might explain the positive correlation observed between OSS operating systems for servers and PCs, and firms' R&D intensities.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 09-089

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Firm Behavior: Theory
Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
Thema
Open Source
Information and Communication Technologies
R&D Incentives
Innovation
Firm Level Data

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cerquera Dussán, Daniel
Müller, Bettina
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2009

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cerquera Dussán, Daniel
  • Müller, Bettina
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Entstanden

  • 2009

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