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Author:   Hind Benbya ,  Nassim Belbaly
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9781138381018

ISBN 10:   1138381012
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   23 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I OSS Emergence and Development: The principles of distributed innovation. Karim Lakhani and Jill Panetta; Firms' participation in free/open source projects: theory and preliminary evidence, Andrea Bonaccorsi, Dario Lorenzi, Monica Merito and Cristina Rossi; Open source software in the public sector: results from the Emiglia-Romagna open source survey (EROSS), Francesco Rentocchini and Dimitri Tartari. Part II OSS Rewards' and Incentives' Structure: What motivates developers in OSSP?, Hind Benbya; Social capital in OSS communities: a cross-level research model, JiJie Wang and Dan Robey; How far do informal credits in free software go?, Matthias Bärwolff. Part III OSS Success, Measurement and Metrics: Studies of success in open source software projects, Katherine Stewart; FLOSS project effectiveness measures, Kevin Crowston and James Howison; A little fish in a big pond: a comparison of active sourceforge OSS projects with very popular non-sourceforge OSS projects, Austen Rainer and Stephen Gale; Index.

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'This edited book is a welcome addition to the open source software (OSS) research literature...' Brenda Chawner, Online Information Review

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Hind Benbya is Associate Professor of Information Technology (IT) Management at GSCM-Montpellier Business School in France. Her research consists of designing and implementing complex IT (for example, knowledge management systems, internal knowledge markets and co-creation communities). She spent the last 7 years working with leading firms in Europe and the United States to develop theories, models, and frameworks to better understand how complex IT create value. Nassim Belbaly is Associate Professor of Information Technology Management and Dean of Academic Affairs at GSCM-Montpellier Business School, France. Before joining GSCM, he was Visiting Scholar and Principal Researcher at the Anderson Business School at UCLA, Los Angeles.

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