From planning to mature: On the success of open source projects

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1575-1586

  Comino, Stefano ^a   Manenti, Fabio M ^b   Parisi, Maria Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development status; Intended audience; License; Open source software; Software market

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DEVELOPMENT STATUS; INTENDED AUDIENCE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE MARKET;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36048986346     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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