Applying Elinor Ostrom's Rule Classification Framework to the Analysis of Open Source Software Commons

Transnational Corporations Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-26

  Schweik, Charles M ^a   Kitsing, Meelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Crawford; Ostrom; rules; software

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952953733     PISSN: 19186444     EISSN: 19252099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19186444.2010.11658219     Document Type: Article

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