The open source movement: Key research questions

Josh Lerner*, Jean Tirole

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Abstract

The paper analyzes the incentives of individual programmers and of commercial companies to participate in open source projects. While these incentives are in our opinion well accounted for by the economic paradigm, much empirical and theoretical work is still needed to answer the many interesting questions suggested by the open source movement.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)819-826
Number of pages8
JournalEuropean Economic Review
Volume45
Issue number4-6
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Research and development
  • Software
  • Technological innovation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics

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