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Champions of revealing--the role of open source developers in commercial firms.
- Source :
- Industrial & Corporate Change; Jun2009, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p435-471, 37p
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The link between firms engaging in open source software (OSS) development and the OSS community is established by individual developers. This linkage might entail a principal-agent issue due to the developer's double allegiance to firm and OSS community, and expose the firm to the risk of losing intellectual property. Using both interviews and a large-scale survey, I substantiate the importance of the developer's role. However, neither interview data nor regression analysis show indications of commercially harmful revealing behavior induced by "Free Software ideology:" Management, on the other hand, sometimes seems to be overly concerned about openness. I conclude that a more positive stance towards openness will allow firms to better share in the benefits of open innovation processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09606491
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Industrial & Corporate Change
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 42413321
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtn046