Free Revealing How Firms Can Profit From Being Open /

• Main Author: Alexy, Oliver (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2009.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Industrial management.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.

The concept of “free revealing” describes the continually growing practice of companies that release results of their innovation processes to the public rather than patenting them or keeping them secret. Using the example of corporate OSS engagement, Oliver Alexy shows how this practice can be carri...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Commercial Open Source Software
• Open Source Software: Source of Innovation?
• Top-Down Adoption of OSS
• Bottom-up Adoption of OSS
• Managing OSS-related Processes
• Motivation and Incentivizing of OSS Developers
• Summary and Outlook: OSS in the 21st Century.