The open source movement: Key research questions

European Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4-6, 2001, Pages 819-826

  Lerner, Josh ^a,b   Tirole, Jean ^c,d,e  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Research and development; Software; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

EID: 0035000251     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00124-6     Document Type: Article

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