Something for nothing: Management rejection of open source software in Australia's top firms

Information and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 669-681

  Goode, Sigi ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption barriers; Open source software

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ADOPTION BARRIERS; BANKRUPTCY; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SOURCE CODE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 18544375592     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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