We review the empirical research on Free/Libre and Open-Source Software (FLOSS)
development and assess the state of the literature. We develop a framework for organizing …

The paper analyzes the strategies of software firms that have entered the open source (OS)
field. The notion of the OS business model is discussed in the light of a substantial body of …

Opening up firms to open source has changed professional programmers' work in software
development. In their work practice they must cope with two modes of software production …

Motivation in the context of open source software may be seen as fundamentally different
due to the presence of unpaid programmers, implicit rather than explicit forms of control and …

This book contributes new insights into the organization of free/open source (F/OS) software
communities by examining the links between learning, division of labour and …

This article takes the political engagement of hackers as a prism for examining the relations
between technological determinist thinking and collective action. The concept 'collective …

Open Source (OS) is a phenomenon of increasing significance for organizations, offering the
prospect of effective alternative business solutions and new business opportunities. A …

The conflicts which have erupted over hacking, cracking and filesharing offer a stepping-
stone for rethinking the involvement of users in innovation processes. As technical design …

Zusammenfassung Die Teilnahme von Firmen an der Entwicklung von Open Source
Software (OSS) nimmt stetig zu. Ein großer Teil der heutigen OSS-Projekte wird durch …

Social entrepreneurship is a growing area, and we frequently hear of new ventures
committed to social change. In academia, however, social entrepreneurship has typically …