Dual allegiance and knowledge sharing in open source software firms

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 314-326

  Chan, Johnny ^a   Husted, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84879843568     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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