Firms in Open Source Software Development Managing Innovation Beyond Firm Boundaries /

• Main Author: Schaarschmidt, Mario (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Gabler Verlag, 2012.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Industrial management.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.

In open innovation scenarios, firms are able to profit from technological developments that take place beyond their legal boundaries. However, in the absence of contract-based vertical command chains, such as in the case of open source software (OSS), it is difficult for firms to obtain control over...

Table of Contents:

• - Managing Innovation Beyond Firm Boundaries
• Commercializing and Controlling Open Source Software Development
• Open Source in Action I: Business Collaboration Among Open Source Projects
• Open Source in Action II: Business Collaboration Within an Open Source Project
• Summary, Conclusion, and Outlook.