Three essays on the economics of information technology innovation

Open-source software;R and D offshoring;Supply chain;Procurement;Innovation;Information technology

Qu, Zhe ; Management

University:Georgia Institute of Technology

Department:Management

关键词: Open-source software;    R and D offshoring;    Supply chain;    Procurement;    Innovation;    Information technology;   

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美国|英语

来源: SMARTech Repository

【 摘 要 】

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.