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Acquisitions and Open Source Software Development

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Authors:
  1. Michael Vetter

    1. TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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Part of the book series: Innovation und Entrepreneurship (INNOV)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael Vetter
    Pages 1-9

  3. Background: OSS Development and Acquisitions

    • Michael Vetter
    Pages 11-51

  4. Qualitative Study: How Does the Involvement of Firms in OSS Matter in the Pre-acquisition Phase?

    • Michael Vetter
    Pages 53-81

  5. Quantitative Study: The Role of OSS for Likelihood and Timing of Acquisitions

    • Michael Vetter
    Pages 83-129

  6. Mixed-methods Study: The Effect of Acquisitions on Open Source Software Development

    • Michael Vetter
    Pages 131-164

  7. Summary and Outlook

    • Michael Vetter
    Pages 165-171

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 173-192
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About this book

Participation of firms in Open Source Software (OSS) development is steadily increasing. In fact, a substantial part of OSS projects today are developed in informal collaboration between firms and a community of voluntary contributors. As more and more firms are active in OSS, acquisitions of firms active in OSS development occur increasingly often. Yet, despite the economic and practical importance of OSS, research has so far overlooked this phenomenon. 
This dissertation explores this phenomenon of acquisitions of firms active in OSS development. Michael Vetter examines the role of OSS in the pre-acquisition phase and the impact of acquisitions on OSS development in the post-acquisition phase. Using qualitative and quantitative research methods, the author examines acquisition motives, acquisition likelihood, timing of acquisitions, and outcomes of acquisitions and discuss mechanisms behind variations across acquisitions.
The findings from the studies contribute to research on acquisitions and OSS development while also providing insights into how to leverage OSS in target search, selection and evaluation processes as well as how to effectively manage acquisitions of firms active in OSS and the communities around them.


Authors and Affiliations

  • TUM School of Management, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Michael Vetter

About the author

About the author
Michael Vetter is a researcher at the Schöller Chair in Innovation and Technology Management (Prof. Henkel) at Technical University of Munich. His research focusses on acquisitions and Open Source Software development. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Acquisitions and Open Source Software Development

  • Authors: Michael Vetter

  • Series Title: Innovation und Entrepreneurship

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35084-0

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-35083-3Published: 11 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-35084-0Published: 10 August 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2627-1168

  • Series E-ISSN: 2627-1184

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 192

  • Topics: Business and Management, general, Management

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