Open source as a sourcing strategy for corporations

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Koch, Stefan ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Open source software; Outsourcing; Production economics; Software development; Sourcing analysis; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649780645     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2011.037253     Document Type: Article

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