Open source software and the economics of organization

Markets, Information and Communication: Austrian Perspectives on the Internet Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 47-62

  Garzarelli, Giampaolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 84925801010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203180419     Document Type: Chapter

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