This article investigates increasing returns in OSS in the form of two-way positive feedbacks between different product releases. Our aim is to provide the first evidence for the ability of for-profit firms to create self-sustaining circles of positive externalities that could assure the long-term sustainability of the OSS model.
OPEN INNOVATION MODEL AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: THE SOURCES OF INCREASING RETURNS
GIARRATANA, MARCO;
2009
Abstract
This article investigates increasing returns in OSS in the form of two-way positive feedbacks between different product releases. Our aim is to provide the first evidence for the ability of for-profit firms to create self-sustaining circles of positive externalities that could assure the long-term sustainability of the OSS model.
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