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Zusatztext 'This edited book is a welcome addition to the open source software (OSS) research literature...' Brenda Chawner! Online Information Review Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Today, it has become clear that Open Source Software represents a significant portion of the software industry. This book provides an overall understanding of the OSS approach by explaining the features common to the products and processes of open source development projects. Decision makers at different levels and in a variety of fields will be able to understand the factors that contribute to the OSS adoption and use effectiveness; the circumstances required, the approaches, tools, social designs, reward structures and coordination methods. Zusammenfassung Provides an analysis of OSS design principles, their emergence and success and how they are extending well beyond the domain of software. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Bÿrwolff. 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....
