IT-enabled knowledge creation for open innovation

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 805-834

  Eservel, U Yeliz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case study; Knowledge creation; Knowledge management; Open innovation; Open source software

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; OPEN SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CASE-STUDIES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS THEORY; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT THEORIES; OPEN INNOVATION; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 84911896823     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00378     Document Type: Article

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