Firms' Participation in Open Source Projects: Empirical Evidence and Research Agenda

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bonaccorsi ◽  
Dario Lorenzi ◽  
Monica Merito ◽  
Cristina Rossi Lamastra
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Research Agenda

Children, Risks, and the Mobile Internet

2015 ◽  
pp. 1409-1418
Author(s):  
Giovanna Mascheroni ◽  
Leslie Haddon
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Internet Studies ◽  
New Research

This article examines young people's use of smartphones, with a particular focus on opportunities and risks related to the mobile internet. Drawing on a review of mobile phones literature and internet studies, the article examines the emergence of a new research agenda in the study of children and mobile communication and outlines relevant empirical evidence of changes associated with smartphones.

The License Choices of SMEs doing Business with Open Source Software

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evila Piva ◽  
Cristina Rossi-Lamastra
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Founding Fathers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Medium Enterprises

In the past decade, Open Source (OS) licenses have attracted the interest of many scholars. However, there is still a limited understanding of the license choices made by small and medium enterprises doing business with OS (OS SMEs). The present paper aims at filling this gap. The authors argue that, because of firm specificities, OS SMEs tend to prefer copyleft licenses. Their arguments are corroborated by empirical evidence from a survey on 146 Italian OS SMEs. This evidence documents that OS SMEs are not plagued by the GPL fear theorized by the OS founding fathers. Conversely, these firms use copyleft licenses to more easily in-source knowledge from the community of OS users and developers. At the same time, license choices are influenced by the ideological motivations that OS SMEs inherit from their owner-managers.

Evaluating the Potential of Free and Open Source Software in the Developing World

2011 ◽  
pp. 79-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor van Reijswoud
Keyword(s):  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
High Potential ◽  
African Continent ◽  
International Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Development Organizations

Development organizations and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been emphasizing the high potential of free and open source software (FOSS) for the less developed countries (LDCs). Cost reduction, less vendor dependency, and increased potential for local capacity development have been their main arguments. In spite of its advantages, FOSS is not widely adopted on the African continent. In this chapter the experiences of one of the largest FOSS migrations in Africa is evaluated. The purpose of the evaluation is to make an on-the-ground assessment of the claims about the development potential of FOSS and draw up a research agenda for a FOSS community concerned with the LDCs.

scholarly journals Coping with Asymmetries in the Commons: Self-Governing Irrigation Systems Can Work

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 93-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elinor Ostrom ◽  
Roy Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Irrigation System ◽  
Logical Consequence ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Common Pool Resource ◽  
Irrigation Systems ◽  
Perverse Incentives ◽  
The Commons ◽  
The Government

Many analysts presume that the appropriators of a common-pool resource are trapped in a Hobbesian state of nature and cannot themselves create rules to counteract the perverse incentives they face in managing the resource. The logical consequence of this view is to recommend that an external authority—"the" government—take over the commons. But considerable empirical evidence from field and experimental settings holds that appropriators frequently do constitute and enforce their own rules, and that these rules work. Our research agenda is to develop a coherent understanding of the set of conditions that enhance or detract from self-organizing capabilities when individuals differ substantially from one another. For the sake of concreteness, this paper focuses on the asymmetry present in most irrigation systems between those who are physically near the source of water (the head-enders) and those who are physically distant from it (the tail-enders). This paper first explores the interaction between head-end and tail-end farmers, particularly their decisions about whether to devote resources to the upkeep of the irrigation system, and how bargaining between the parties can benefit all sides. Finally, we examine empirical evidence from a study of irrigation institutions in Nepal and discuss the broader practical significance of our findings.

Local Food Activity in Scotland: Empirical Evidence and Research Agenda

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 1187-1205 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Watts ◽  
Philip Leat ◽  
Cesar Revoredo-Giha
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Local Food

Evaluating the Potential of Free and Open Source Software in the Developing World

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 38-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor van Reijswoud ◽  
Emmanuel Mulo
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
High Potential ◽  
African Continent ◽  
International Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Development Organizations

Development organizations and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been emphasizing the high potential of free and open source software (FOSS) for the less developed countries (LDCs). Cost reduction, less vendor dependency, and increased potential for local capacity development have been their main arguments. In spite of its advantages, FOSS is not widely adopted on the African continent. In this article the experiences of one of the largest FOSS migrations in Africa is evaluated. The purpose of the evaluation is to make an on-the-ground assessment of the claims about the development potential of FOSS and draw up a research agenda for a FOSS community concerned with the LDCs.

scholarly journals Customer Participation In Service Specification And Delivery

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne S. P. Cermak ◽  
Karen Maru File ◽  
Russ Alan Prince
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Customer Participation ◽  
Professional Service ◽  
Service Specification ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Prior Relationship

The fact that customers participate in the specification and delivery of the services they seek represents an important potential point of potential leverage for services providers as the nature and intensity of customer participation is within their ability to manage. Important questions, however, need to be raised and resolved. Does increased customer participation result in higher perceptions of quality and satisfaction or in greater repurchase? Are relationships between participation and repurchase affected by the type of service being provided or the length of the prior relationship? This paper traces the antecedents of participation in the services marking literature, outlines point of distinction between participation and the related construct of involvement, and employs empirical evidence drawn from two professional service settings to address the research questions. Results confirm that participation is strongly associated with repurchase and referrals in some service settings, and a research agenda is proposed.

Curious Exceptions?

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-55
Author(s):  
Alessandro Nuvolari ◽  
Francesco Rullani
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
The Other ◽  
Successful Operation ◽  
Fourth Section ◽  
The Third ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Economic Reasoning

The aim of this article is to explore the differences and commonalities between open source software and other cases of open technology. The concept of open technology is used here to indicate various models of innovation based on the participation of a wide range of different actors who freely share the innovations they have produced. The article begins with a review of the problems connected to the production of public goods and explains why open source software seems to be a “curious exception” for traditional economic reasoning. Then it describes the successful operation of similar models of innovation (open technology) in other technological fields. The third section investigates the literature in relation to three fundamental issues in the current open source research agenda, namely, developers’ motivations, performance, and sustainability of the model. Finally, the fourth section provides a final comparison between open source software and the other cases of open technology.

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