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Firms' Resource Deployment and Project Leadership in Open Source Software Development

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  • Mario Schaarschmidt

    (University of Koblenz-Landau, Institute for Management, Universitaetsstr. 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany)

  • Harald Von Kortzfleisch

    (University of Koblenz-Landau, Institute for Management, Universitaetsstr. 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany)

Abstract

When using the open source software (OSS), development model firms face the challenge to balance the tension between the integration of knowledge from external individuals and the desire for control. In our investigation, we draw upon a data set consisting of 109 projects with 912 individual programmers and 110 involved firms and show how those different projects are governed in terms of project leadership. Our four hypotheses show that despite the wish for external knowledge from voluntary programmers firms are relying on own resources or those from other firms to control a project, that projects with low firm participation are mainly led by voluntary committers, and that projects with high firm participation are mainly led by paid leaders. This research extends the dominating literature by providing empirical evidence in that area and helps to deepen our understanding of firm participation in OSS projects as a form of open innovation activity.

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  • Mario Schaarschmidt & Harald Von Kortzfleisch, 2015. "Firms' Resource Deployment and Project Leadership in Open Source Software Development," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 12(02), pages 1-18.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:12:y:2015:i:02:n:s0219877015500108
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877015500108
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