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Free Revealing

How Firms Can Profit From Being Open

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  1. Oliver Alexy
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Part of the book series: Innovation und Entrepreneurship (INNOV)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVI
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  2. Introduction: Commercial Open Source Software

    Pages 1-8

  3. Open Source Software: Source of Innovation?

    Pages 9-52

  4. Top-Down Adoption of OSS

    Pages 53-91

  5. Bottom-up Adoption of OSS

    Pages 92-141

  6. Managing OSS-related Processes

    Pages 142-161

  7. Motivation and Incentivizing of OSS Developers

    Pages 162-190

  8. Summary and Outlook: OSS in the 21st Century

    Pages 191-194

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 195-214
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About this book

Over the last decade, the commercial world has more and more embraced open source software such as the Linux operating system. What started out as an ideological movement for “Free Software” and as a hobbyists’ thing has largely turned into a ma- stream part of the IT industry. By 2008, even the long-time open source critic Microsoft has created two open source licenses, and it comes as little surprise when Google - leases the complete mobile operating system stack of its Android phone as open source. Yet, how exactly open source software and in particular the open source style of software development are integrated into commercial enterprises is far from being - derstood. Research into open source software and open innovation more broadly only just starts to address these issues. But these questions are of obvious importance for firms considering to launch or extend their open source engagement, and of academic interest to scholars studying open innovation processes.

About the author

Dr. Oliver Alexy war Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter bei Prof. Dr. Joachim Henkel am Dr. Theo Schöller-Stiftungslehrstuhl für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement der Technischen Universität München und ist jetzt am Imperial College London tätig.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Free Revealing

  • Book Subtitle: How Firms Can Profit From Being Open

  • Authors: Oliver Alexy

  • Series Title: Innovation und Entrepreneurship

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-8068-7

  • Publisher: Gabler Verlag Wiesbaden

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

  • Copyright Information: Gabler Verlag | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-8349-1475-0Published: 15 January 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-8349-8068-7Published: 25 February 2009

  • Series ISSN: 2627-1168

  • Series E-ISSN: 2627-1184

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 214

  • Topics: Innovation/Technology Management

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