Factors Affecting the development of Absorptive capacity in the Adoption of open Source Software

International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-38

  Ven, Kris ^a   De Bruyn, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Knowledge; Open source software; Organizational adoption; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; KNOWLEDGE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; ORGANIZATIONAL ADOPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; RESEARCH;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 80054869541     PISSN: 19423926     EISSN: 19423934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jossp.2011010102     Document Type: Article

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