In this paper, we look at how innovation in the presence of piracy is affected by the policy
choice of alliances such as the Business Software Alliance (BSA). Surprisingly, we find that a …

Open source software (OSS) is now posing significant competition to proprietary or closed
source software (CSS) in several software markets. In this paper, we characterize the …

The issues we address here are – How should a firm (eg Internet service provider (ISP)) that
is capable of collecting personal information (browsing information, purchase history, etc.) …

The objective of this research is to identify the optimal pricing strategy for paid placements
on search engines’“search-results” listings. To accomplish this we develop a mathematical …

This paper presents Value at Risk (VAR), a new methodology for Information Security Risk
Assessment. VAR summarizes the worst loss due to a security breach over a target horizon, …

In this article, we study the impact on piracy of selling music as downloadable files and the
strategies that recording companies should adopt to increase profits. We find that total music …

The software protection strategy of software developer and the inherent risk to end user in
using pirated software are two major factors that affect a user's decision on whether to …

Despite the potential of micro-payment systems very few systems have been successful.
Little is known about the reasons behind the successful few and the failures of the majority. …

This paper contributes to the bundling literature by presenting a model to study bundling
strategies for firms when the firm produces both information goods and a comparable physical …

In this paper, an attempt has been made to look at the strategic options available for an
incumbent firm in an information technology intensive industry. The traditional Stackleberg …