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Open source software (OSS) development has become increasingly popular among companies. Examples even include former opponents of OSS such as Microsoft. The active involvement of companies in OSS development leads to a growing overlap between OSS communities and companies. Different organizational forms, cultures, norms, ideologies, and practices all come in contact with each other. For example, the voluntary character of OSS contributions and the ideal of free sharing in OSS communities may complicate business activities of companies. This presenter symposium is motivated by several questions stemming from or related to the overlap between firms involved in OSS development and OSS communities or individual OSS developers. It brings together several scholars studying different aspects of company-involved OSS development and the intersection between communities and companies. The papers to be presented in the symposium focus on both companies (i.e., organizations) as well as individual software developers as the unit of analysis. By focusing on individual software developers, we tackle questions regarding the relationship between software developers' work at their jobs and their (voluntary) activities in online communities (Paper presentation 1); as well as the characteristics of so-called star developers, especially their connection to community and company (Paper presentation 2). By focusing on the company as the unit of analysis, we look at the organizational conditions and challenges in order to comfort collaboration between companies and communities (Paper presentation 3); and the hybridity of organizations (Paper presentation 4). Blurring the Boundaries: Programmers' Online Community Contributions and Day Job Productivity Presenter: Hila Lifshitz-Assaf; New York U. Presenter: Frank Nagle; Harvard Business School Star Developers and Open Source Software Presenter: Sirui Wang; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Presenter: Prasanna Tambe; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Tackling Dilemmas in Company-Involved Open Source Software Development Presenter: Juliane Wissel; TUM School of Management, Technical U. of Munich Presenter: Michael Zaggl; TUM School of Management, Technische U. München Digital Hybrids in Open Source: Hybridization Crises in Linux Presenter: Maha Shaikh; King's College London [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digitization of economic activity presents numerous behavioral, organizational, and competi-tive challenges to firms. For instance, online markets for talent and labor allow firms to out- source complex tasks but may have implications for organizational learning. Adoption of digital technologies may require complementary investments in rare skills or organizational changes with respect to decision making to bring about the productivity improvements in full. In-formation technologies and the associated availability of data may also influence the very processes of invention by altering the cost of information and analytics and therefore the opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation. This symposium brings together leading experts on the strategic opportunities and challenges arising from the digitization of organizations and markets. The five included papers explore the impact of information technologies on invention; the effects of emerging digital data on innovation and entrepreneurship; the skill implications of technology adoption; and the impact of data- driven decision making and sup-ply chain applications on productivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The economics of spillovers occupies a central place in the academic literatures on economics, strategy, and technology diffusion. In the R&D context, significant progress has been made in studying spillovers by examining fine-grained data on specific transmission mechanisms such as patents and scientist mobility, but comparable approaches remain elusive for the diffusion of know-how associated with the use of new information technologies (e.g. effective use of ERP systems), for which spillovers are often passed through channels such as supply chain partners, common use of large-scale technology platforms, the interactions of domain experts at different firms, or the mobility of IT professionals, who unlike scientists, leave no visible trails when they move between firms. This symposium gathers together papers that use emerging sources of micro-data to investigate channels through which firms derive spillovers from the IT practices of other firms. "Network of Practice, IT Knowledge Spillovers, and Productivity: Evidence from Enterprise Software" Presenter: Chris Forman; Georgia Institute of Technology "Innovation, Openness & Platform Control" Presenter: Marshall Van Alstyne; Boston U. Inter-Industry IT Spillovers After the Dot-Com Bust Presenter: Prasanna Tambe; New York U. Supply Chain Based Network Effects in Information Technology Adoption Presenter: Kristina McElheran; Harvard Business School Presenter: Frank Nagle; Harvard Business School Presenter: Steven Kahl; Dartmouth College (TUCK) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]