How do firms influence open source software communities? A framework and empirical analysis of different governance modes

被引：45

作者：

Schaarschmidt, Mario ^{[1
]}

Walsh, Gianfranco ^{[2
]}

von Kortzfleisch, Harald F. O. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Koblenz Landau, Inst Management, D-156070 Koblenz, Germany

[2] Univ Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany

来源：

INFORMATION AND ORGANIZATION | 2015年 / 25卷 / 02期

关键词：

Open source software; Single-vendor projects; Multivendor projects; Communities; Governance modes; Control theory; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; OPEN INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; USER INTEREST; PARTICIPATION; LEADERSHIP; BOUNDARY; PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.infoandorg.2015.03.001

中图分类号：

G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];

学科分类号：

1205 ; 120501 ;

摘要：

This paper explores how software firms can apply different types of governance approaches to open source software development projects (OSSDPs) and draws on control theory to propose that firms may influence OSSDPs by employing either leadership or resource deployment control. A matrix differentiating four types of OSSDPs: firm- versus community-initiated projects and one participating firm (single-vendor projects) versus many firms (multivendor projects), and accompanying hypotheses regarding a firm's participation for each type are developed. Using data from 83 Eclipse projects to test the hypotheses, findings indicate that (1) firms more actively employ both leadership and resource deployment in firm-initiated projects than in community-initiated ones and (2) firms are more likely to use resource deployment control over leadership control in multivendor projects. Key theoretical and managerial implications are discussed. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：99 / 114

页数：16

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