From a Firm-Based to a Community-Based Model of Knowledge Creation: The Case of the Linux Kernel Development

Organization Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Lee, Gwendolyn K ^c   Cole, Robert E ^a,b  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge Creation; Open Source Software Development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942278801     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.14.6.633.24866     Document Type: Article

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