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Communal Resources in Open Source Software Development
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Spaeth, Sebastian; Haefliger, Stefan; von Krogh, Georg; Renzl, Birgit – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2008
Introduction: Virtual communities play an important role in innovation. The paper focuses on the particular form of collective action in virtual communities underlying as Open Source software development projects. Method: Building on resource mobilization theory and private-collective innovation, we propose a theory of collective action in…
Descriptors: Innovation, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Computer System Design