Hybrid innovation: The dynamics of collaboration between the FLOSS community and corporations |
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Authors: | Yuwei Lin |
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Institution: | (1) the Department of Information Systems, Marketing and Logistics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Unlike innovation based on a strong professional culture involving close collaboration between professionals in academia and/or
corporations, the current Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development entails a global knowledge network, which consists
of 1) a heterogeneous community of individuals and organizations who do not necessarily have professional backgrounds in computer
science but have developed the competency to understand programming and working in a public domain; 2) corporations. This
paper describes the operation of the hybrid form of developing and implementing software, and also identifies several key
factors shaping the collaboration between FLOSS firms and the community.
She received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of York (UK) in 2004. Her Ph.D. research investigated the heterogeneity
and contingency in the Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) social worlds, which is based on a constellation of hacking
practices, from the sociological perspective. Her principal research interests center on FLOSS studies, Science and Technology
Studies (STS), virtual communities and knowledge management. |
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