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Regulatory Institutions Of The Global South: Why Are They Different And What Can Be Done About It?, Yugank Goyal
Regulatory Institutions Of The Global South: Why Are They Different And What Can Be Done About It?, Yugank Goyal
Yugank Goyal
Developing countries suffer from underperforming regulatory agencies compared to those in the developed world. The paper attempts to theorize general reasons behind such divergence. It argues that the differences lie in developing countries’ (a) higher priorities for redistribution, (b) structurally different institutional endowments, especially at informal level, and (c) limited informational channels. The paper proposes that a multi-stakeholder (with increased emphasis on judiciary and civil society) approach has potential to address the shortcomings. It tests these claims through studying cases of telecom and electricity regulation in India.
How Can Open Source And Closed Source Software Business Structures Mutually Exist, Yugank Goyal, Padmanabha Ramanujam
How Can Open Source And Closed Source Software Business Structures Mutually Exist, Yugank Goyal, Padmanabha Ramanujam
Yugank Goyal
The phenomenon of producing Open Source Software based on unconstrained access to source code and the swift growth of the open source business structure of producing software fuelled by Linux Operating System and Apache Web Server have raised important questions, which are of immense scholastic interest. Accordingly many scholars in the last few years have endeavoured to clarify as to why thousands of top-quality programmers contribute freely to an open source product which is a public good. However, there has hardly been any attempt to explain how open source and closed source business structure of producing software can coexist. This …