Exploring the interplay between FLOSS adoption and organizational innovation

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 279-298

  Spagnoletti, Paolo ^a   Federici, Tommaso ^b  

^a LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

FLOSS adoption; Multiple case study; Organizational innovation; Public sector

Indexed keywords

OPEN SYSTEMS; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

FLOSS ADOPTION; FREE/LIBRE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; SPECIFIC PROPERTIES;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 81055124803     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02915     Document Type: Article

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