The economics of open source software development
By: edited by Jürgen Bitzer, Philipp J.H. Schröder.
Contributors: Bitzer, Jürgen, 1970-; Schröder, Philipp J. H.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780444527691
Subjects: Computer software industry; Open source software -- Economic aspects; Computer software -- Development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The economics of open source software development : an introduction / Jürgen Bitzer and Philipp J.H. Schröder; title: Decoding the free/open source software puzzle : a survey of theoretical and empirical contributions / Maria Alessandra Rossi; title: Open source software : free provision of complex public goods / James Bessen; title: Intrinsic motivations and profit-oriented firms in open source software : do firms practise what they preach? / Cristina Rossi and Andrea Bonaccorsi; title: Business models and community relationships of open source software firms / Linus Dahlander and Mats G. Magnusson; title: A statistical analysis of defects in Debian and strategies for improving quality in free software projects / Martin Michlmayr and Anthony Senyard; title: Coworker governance in open-source projects / Christoph Lattemann and Stefan Stieglitz; title: Bounty programs in free/libre/open source software / Sandeep Krishnamurthy and Arvind K. Tripathi; title: An organizational perspective on free and open source software development / Sladjana Vujovic and John P. Ulhøi; title: Linux vs. Windows : a comparison of application and platform innovation incentives for open source and proprietary software platforms / Nicholas Economides and Evangelos Katsamakas; title: The impact of entry and competiton by open source software on innovation activity / Jürgen Bitzer and Philipp J.H. Schröder; title: Application of social network analysis to the study of open source software / Jin Xu, Scott Christley, and Gregory Madey.