Free/Libre Open Source Software development in developing and developed countries: A conceptual framework with an exploratory study

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-186

  Subramanyam, Ramanath ^a   Xia, Mu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Developer motivations; Open source software; Project level preferences; Software development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; OPEN SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CAREER CONCERNS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPER MOTIVATIONS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; EXTRINSIC MOTIVATIONS; FREE/LIBRE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS; FREE/LIBRE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES; NORTH AMERICA; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PROJECT-LEVEL PREFERENCES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; TWO TYPES;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 56049088739     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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