Exploring the role of commercial stakeholders in open source software evolution

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 378 AICT, Issue , 2012, Pages 178-200

  Capiluppi, Andrea ^a   Stol, Klaas Jan ^b   Boldyreff, Cornelia ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; OPEN SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; E-LEARNING; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMMERCIAL ENTITY; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; FAILURE FACTORS; LEARNING EFFECTS; MAJOR SUCCESS FACTORS; OPEN SOURCES; SUSTAINED PRODUCTIVITY;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 84870352485     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33442-9_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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