From open source in the digital to the physical world: A smooth transfer?

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1610-1632

  Abdelkafi, Nizar ^a   Blecker, Thorsten ^a   Raasch, Christina ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer software; Product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049124348     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740911004718     Document Type: Article

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