We review the empirical research on Free/Libre and Open-Source Software (FLOSS)
development and assess the state of the literature. We develop a framework for organizing …

CONTEXT: Open source software (OSS) is changing the way organizations develop,
acquire, use, and commercialize software. OBJECTIVE: This paper seeks to identify how …

Breaking with many established assumptions about how innovation ought to work, open
source software projects offer eye-opening examples of novel innovation practices for …

A central tenant of open innovation is free revealing of the detailed workings of novel
products and services, so that others may use them, learn from them, and perhaps improve …

Previous literature on open source software (OSS) mostly analyzes organizational issues
within communities of developers and users. This paper focuses on for-profit organizations …

Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) projects are people-oriented and knowledge intensive
software development environments. Many researchers focused on mailing lists to study …

Abstract Context Open Source Software (OSS) development is a knowledge focused activity
which relies heavily on contributors who can be volunteers or paid workers and are …

Software architecture (SA) has a prominent role in all stages of system development. Given
the persistent evolution of software systems over time, SA tends to be eroded or degraded …

The focus of existing open source software (OSS) research has been on how and why
individuals and firms add to the commons of public OSS code-that is, on the “giving” side of …

Context: Onboarding is a process that helps newcomers become integrated members of
their organisation. Successful onboarding programs can result in increased performance in …