Collaboration, peer review and open source software

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-497

  Johnson, Justin P ^a  

^a The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority; Career concerns; Open source software; Peer review; Transactions costs

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MAINTAINABILITY;

CRITICAL PEER REVIEW; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PROPRIETARY ORGANIZATIONAL FORM; TRANSACTION COSTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ECONOMICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33749129370     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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