Inequalities in Open Source Software Development: Analysis of Contributor’s Commits in Apache Software Foundation Projects

Inequalities in Open Source Software Development: Analysis of Contributor’s Commits in Apache Software Foundation Projects

While researchers are becoming increasingly interested in studying OSS phenomenon, there is still a small number of studies analyzing larger samples of projects investigating the structure of activities among OSS developers. The significant amount of information that has been gathered in the publicly available open-source software repositories and mailing-list archives offers an opportunity to ...

Virtual organizational learning in open source software development projects

The attraction of contributors in free and open source software projects

University of Brasilia, Department of Management, Caixa-Postal: 4320, 70910-900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil Nottingham University Business School, Nottingham, UK Department of Computer Science, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, 207-C, Rua do Matão, 1010, Cidade Universitária, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil Department of Management Information Systems, College of Busine...

An Absorptive Capacity Perspective of Open Source Software Development Projects

An organization’s absorptive capacity is important for facilitating innovation that can lead to organizational performance. I examine the effects of absorptive capacity on open source software development group performance. Specifically, in addition to the commonly noted importance of OSS developers, the role of the Internet-based user community is introduced as fundamental in developing absorp...

Knowledge Integration and Effectiveness of Open Source Software Development Projects

The emerging work on Open Source Software (OSS) field focuses on the various factors that lead to effectiveness in OSS development teams. This paper utilizes the theory on knowledge integration to show how the capability of OSS projects in integrating knowledge influences their effectiveness. The research model is based on the idea that competency of OSS projects along three characteristics of ...