Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1987.

The case of the software industry in Ireland is particularly interesting as it is a unique example of a government led innovation in attracting and fostering the development of a knowledge based industry. Using a previous work of Eileen Drew (1994) as a starting point it tracks the growth of the industry in the 1990’s and into the 21st century during a boom period in the Irish economy known as the Celtic Tiger. Growth is measured by macro-economic factors such as employment and exports. In this 15 year period Ireland increased employment in the software industry from 8,000 to over 30,000 people and its software exports from 1 to 15 billion euro. The government’s influence is examined through the National Development Plans, The Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation 2006-2013 and by investigating the roles of the state sponsored bodies. Combining various secondary sources it gives a breakdown of the modern software industry in the areas of export, specialization, firm size and type. Ireland’s competitiveness and productivity environment is inspected. The thesis highlights industry problems including: 1. Lack of software graduates, 2. Over dependence upon foreign investment, 3. Inability of indigenous software companies to grow, 4. Loss of competitive advantage. While influencing factors such as geography and demographics, which contributed to the software industry’s success story are impossible to replicate, there are lessons to be learned of how a government led, innovative, consistent and educational based policies combined, with a business friendly environment, can be used to transform a struggling economy into a modern knowledge based one. / cjm1020s@gmail.com

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

by Au-Yeung Wai-Chi Peggy and Chan Kwok-Cheung. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-50). / ABSTRACT --- p.3 / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.5 / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.7 / The Computer Software Market in China --- p.7 / Literature Review --- p.9 / China - the World's Fastest Growing Computer Market --- p.9 / The Software Piracy Problem in China --- p.9 / Software Piracy Can be a Cultural Problem --- p.10 / Western Pressures on the Chinese Government to Enforce EPR Laws --- p.12 / Suggested Solutions --- p.15 / Project Objectives --- p.16 / Methodology --- p.17 / Chapter II. --- MAJOR FACTORS RELATED TO PIRACY --- p.19 / Culture --- p.19 / Intellectual Property Laws and Regulations --- p.21 / "China Piracy Law Case Example ´ؤ Word Perfect, Microsoft and Autodesk vs. Beijing Giant Computer Co." --- p.22 / Chapter III. --- SOLUTION HYPOTHESIS --- p.23 / Law Enforcement --- p.23 / Education --- p.25 / Technology --- p.26 / Marketing Approaches --- p.28 / Chapter IV. --- INTERVIEW INTERPRETATION --- p.32 / Causes of Piracy --- p.32 / Insufficient and Incomplete Enforcement of DPR laws --- p.32 / Lack of EPR Knowledge in the Chinese 'Collective' Culture --- p.33 / Nature of Mankind --- p.34 / Limited Distribution and Sales Channel --- p.34 / Existence of Purchasing Power Parity --- p.34 / Solutions --- p.35 / Education --- p.35 / Law Enforcement --- p.36 / Marketing Approaches --- p.36 / Technology --- p.39 / Chapter V. --- CONCLUSION --- p.40 / APPENDIX --- p.42 / Chapter A. --- 1994/1995 Piracy Statistics in Various Countries --- p.42 / Chapter B. --- Interview Questionaire --- p.47 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.49

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1997. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [144]-153).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-112).

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

Cette thèse étudie le rôle des différents régimes de propriété intellectuelle (DPI) et évalue ses conséquences sur l'industrie du logiciel. En outre, ce travail porte sur l'équilibre entre deux modèles de logiciels, celui des logiciels privés et celui des logiciels libres et open source, et cherche à évaluer leurs effets sur la performance des entreprises. Ainsi nous discutons dans un premier article les facteurs clés de la cinquième révolution technologique à travers le concept de paradigme technoéconomique (Freeman et Perez, 1988) et nous considérons l'open source comme le principal de ces facteurs. D'autre part, nous étudions les trois aspects des technologies logicielles. Les caractéristiques structurelles des logiciels, c'est-a-dire les économies de gamme (Panzar et Willig, 1981; Teece, 1980) et la modularité (Parnas, 1972; Langlois et Robertson, 1992) représentent les deux premiers. Le régime de propriété intellectuelle, qui est a l'origine des particularités institutionnelles du logiciel (Mazzeloni et Nelson, 1998b), représente le troisième aspect. Au sein de cette thèse nous utilisons différentes méthodologies et considérons plusieurs technologies logicielles pour répondre à nos questions de recherches. Les économies de gamme de logiciels sont étudiées à travers une simulation multi-agents. La recherche sur la modularité est effectuée par une analyse des brevets sur la technologie d'indexation de vidéo. La question des DPI est examinée dans deux chapitres différents. Dans un premier chapitre, une analyse de données de panel est faite pour démontrer l'effet du brevetage et de la contribution au projet du noyau Linux sur la performance des entreprises. Le second chapitre traite quant à lui d'un cas particulier où l'innovation ouverte est réalisée par un groupe de recherche en ingénierie du logiciel au sein d'Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Nozay, France. Ces exemples uniques ne peuvent conclure sur aucune tendance macro sur l'industrie du logiciel, mais cette thèse vise à alimenter les discussions sur les droits de propriété intellectuelle au sein de l'industrie du logiciel. / This thesis studies the role of the intellectual property right (IPR) regimes and its implications on the software industry. Moreover, it focuses on the balance of proprietary and free, libre and open source software (FLOSS) development models for innovative performance. In this thesis, first the concept of key factor of the fifth technological revolution, age of information and telecommunication is discussed within the techno-economic paradigm literature (Freeman and Perez, 1988). Then the three aspects of software technologies are investigated. The first two are the structural characteristics of software which are; economies of scope (Panzar and Willig, 1981; Teece, 1980) and modularity (Parnas, 1972; Langlois and Robertson, 1992). The last one is the IPR regimes which create the institutional peculiarities of software (Mazzeloni and Nelson, 1998b). Inthis thesis, different methodologies are used and several software technologies are considered to illustrate the research questions. Economies of scope of software is investigated by using an agent based simulation. The research on modularity is carried out by exploiting a patent analysis on the video indexing technology. The IPR issue is examined within two different chapters. In the first one, panel data analysis is used to understand the effect of patenting and contribution to the Linuxkernel project on the performance of _rms. The second one focuses on a case where open innovation is implemented by a software R&D group within Alcatel- Lucent Bell Labs, Nozay, France. These unique examples cannot give any macro trend on software industry but this thesis aims to contribute to the IPR discussions within the software industry.

The economy of Taiwan grows fast in the last few years. The traditional industry moves overseas because of the factors of the cost, environment issue...etc. Moreover, people want better quality of living that makes the technology and the high-technology industry of Taiwan improve fast. In the past, the tradition industry focuses on visible property, for example: land, factory buildings and machines. The high-technology industry emphasizes the property that is invisible called ¡§Intellectual Property Rights¡¨. It is included interary property rights, patent rights, trademark right, opening secrets, and IC. It not only supports the development of the high-technology and competition in marketing but also brings in a large amount of license fees. On the other hand, compare with other industries, the environment of the computer software industry is different from others¡¦ so that it has to face different problems. However, the copies of the computer software prevail nowadays. How to protect computer software has been an important issue. Therefore, the companies of the computer software industry have to increase their own competition ability and even stop their opponents to enter the markets. It is necessary to acquire the computer software patent. The way to acquire the patent of the software depends on the quality of the technique and knowing the patent law opinions of the patent examiners and how they examine the patent applications. There is a probe into the opinion of the patent examination system to software patent in this article and the way of gathering and analyzing real cases is used. In conclusion, computer software patent is¡¨ a technique of using computer software¡¨. It is an invention that fit the patent laws of our country and the rules of examination of patent. The techniques of computer software inventions combine the business models and the related techniques of computer software. Therefore, In this article, the related law rules of intellectual property rights, the allowed computer software patents and the related documents about computer software are standers for patent protection. Those are the basic reference materials that provide related industries ways of protection after computer software invented. Hopefully, the research can clear out the related problems that the computer software applicants might face.

Abstract The objective of this research is to develop a greater understanding of the career development of software developers in different generations. This research applies qualitative method by using intensive interviews to form the propositions and put forward the proposals. There are two groups, the first group is referred to the software developers over 40 years of age (includes 40) and the second group is referred to the ones between 30 and 40 years old. The study concluded six propositions. First, the reasons why software developers want to work in Software Industry. Second, the time when they start to study the professional skills in information technology. Third, the timing for software developers is working in Software Industry. The forth, what is really reason they change their careers from Research and Development to management. Fifth, they are many different ideas when they choice to organizations scale. Six, the domination of the career development is very different. The detail results listed below as¡G 1.The reasons between two groups entering in Software Industry are similar, but there are difference between the graduate courses and non-undergraduate courses. 2.The timing both for undergraduate courses and non-undergraduate courses in two group starts to study the professional skills in information technology is similar but the location is slightly different. 3.The timing of entering in Software Industry between two groups is dissimilar. 4.The reasons for software developers that changed their careers from software research and development to management between groups one and groups are slide swift. 5.The choices of the organizations scale between groups one and groups two are various. 6.The domination of the career development between groups one and groups two are different.