Open content, linus' law, and neutral point of view

Information Systems Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 618-635

  Greenstein, Shane ^a   Zhu, Feng ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Linus' Law; Open content; Open innovation; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

WEBSITES;

DIFFUSION OF THE INTERNETS; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION; LINUS' LAW; OPEN CONTENT; OPEN INNOVATION; PRODUCTION MODELING; WIKIPEDIA;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84999098814     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2016.0643     Document Type: Article

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