Open source in Swedish companies: Where are we?

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 519-535

  Lundell, Björn ^a   Lings, Brian ^a   Lindqvist, Edvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Open source adoption; Open source in Swedish companies; Perceptions of open source; Qualitative survey

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; BUSINESS SOLUTIONS; DEVELOPMENT MODEL; OPEN SOURCES; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STATE OF PRACTICE;

SURVEYS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 79953018230     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2010.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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