Satisfying heterogeneous user needs via innovation toolkits: The case of Apache security software

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1199-1215

  Franke, Nikolaus ^a   Von Hippel, Eric ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Need heterogeneity; Open source software; Toolkits; User innovation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SECURITY OF DATA;

SECURITY SOFTWARE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037810251     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(03)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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