Intrinsic Motivations and Profit-Oriented Firms in Open Source Software: Do Firms Practise What They Preach?

The Economics of Open Source Software Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 83-109

  Rossi, Cristina ^a   Bonaccorsi, Andrea ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 84882559122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452769-1/50004-4     Document Type: Chapter

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