Firms' contribution to open-source software and the dominant user's skill

European Management Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-139

  Jullien, Nicolas ^a,b   Zimmermann, Jean Benot ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Firms; Involvement; Open source software; Variety

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149157027     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/emr.2009.8     Document Type: Article

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