Open source in the firm: Opening up professional practices of software development

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 576-587

  Rolandsson, Bertil ^a   Bergquist, Magnus ^b   Ljungberg, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Open source software development; Professional programmers; Strategies; Tensions

Indexed keywords

CO-EXISTENCE; KNOWLEDGE WORK; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MARKET DRIVEN; OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; OPEN SOURCES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES; PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMERS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE PRODUCTION; STRATEGIES; TENSIONS; WORK PRACTICES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; OPEN SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79953242714     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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