CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Protasova, Tetiana Igorivna |
|---|---|
| Title | THE IMPACT OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ON KNOWLEDGE-BASED GROWTH IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES |
| Summary | This paper examines the effect of free, libre and open source software (FLOSS) on the potential development of countries in transition through technological innovation and collaboration. A valuable and farsighted investment into economic growth, knowledge can serve the developing economies a considerable benefit through open source standardization and participation in the FLOSS community of developers. The various benefits FLOSS offers to developing economies are considered. Recent best practices from the developing World are offered. Finally, in order to understand why some countries in the developing world are switching to FLOSS, while others maintain the safety net of the commercial software, the various impediments to FLOSS standardization are proposed. |
| Supervisor | Baniak, Andrzej |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/protasova_tetiana.pdf |
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