Reconciling rent-seekers and donators - The governance structure of open source

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401-421

  Franck, Egon ^a   Jungwirth, Carola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

"Working for nothing" (supply of volunteer labor); Career concerns; For profits; Governance structures; Nonprofits; Open source communities; Production and organizations; Software development approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843087257     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026261005092     Document Type: Article

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