In the club: Human and social capital of leaders in free and open source software communities

Academy of Management 2007 Annual Meeting: Doing Well by Doing Good, AOM 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dahlander, Linus ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Innovation; Network

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPEN SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL;

COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKERS; FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES; HUMAN CAPITALS; MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE; SOCIAL CAPITALS; TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 85085399419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2007.26520209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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