dc.contributor.advisor |
Büthe, Tim |
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dc.contributor.author |
Borges, Bruno de Moura |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2010-05-10T19:52:43Z |
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dc.date.available |
2010-05-10T19:52:43Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2010 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10161/2290 |
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dc.description.abstract |
<p>This dissertation examines the role of governments in adopting Open Source Software
(OSS) for their needs and tries to explain the variation in adoption and implmentation,
among both developing and developed countries. The work argues that there are different
logics guiding developing and developed countries OSS adoption. As developed countries
follow a pattern based on the Varieties of Capitalism model, the difference in OSS
adoption in developing countries is a combination of the relation between the state
and market forces (especially how business and firms are organized) and state capacity
to overcome collective action problems and to reap the benefits of technological upgrade.
This dissertation also presents a structured and focused comparison of two cases (Brazil
and Mexico) and define which are the factors that matter for the outcomes.</p>
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641262 bytes |
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dc.format.mimetype |
application/pdf |
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dc.language.iso |
en_US |
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dc.subject |
Political Science, International Law and Relations |
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dc.subject |
Political Science, Public Administration |
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dc.subject |
Comparative Politics |
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dc.subject |
Development |
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dc.subject |
Industrial Policy |
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dc.subject |
International Relations |
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dc.subject |
Open Source |
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dc.subject |
Technology |
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dc.title |
Technology and Development: The Political Economy of Open Source Software |
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dc.type |
Dissertation |
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dc.department |
Political Science |
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