Skills, division of labor and performance in collective inventions: Evidence from open source software

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-68

  Giuri, Paola ^a   Ploner, Matteo ^b   Rullani, Francesco ^c   Torrisi, Salvatore ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^d BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human capital; Modularity; Software; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

DIVISION OF LABOR; HUMAN CAPITALS; MODULARIZATIONS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PROJECT ACTIVITIES; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

INNOVATION; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; OPEN SYSTEMS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 72049112562     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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