Open source software adoption for safety-critical information systems design: the Thales case study

Adoption de l'open source pour la conception de systèmes d'information critiques: le cas Thales

Nordine Benkeltoum ()
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Nordine Benkeltoum: LM2O - Laboratoire de Modélisation et de Management des Organisations - Centrale Lille

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Abstract: Information Systems (IS) literature shows a huge interest for open source technologies as well as from IT (Information Technology) strategies, business models or organization. Nevertheless, research on the application of open source in safety-critical information systems is particularly scant. By means of an exploratory study, this article describes the reasons why Thales, a firm specialized in safety-critical fields (defense, aircraft industry and security), has adopted open source software technologies. From a theoretical perspective, this articles relies on the technology, organization, environment (TOE) framework and the literature on technology and innovation adoption. This research suggests a model of barriers and motivations to open source software adoption for safety-critical information systems design.

Keywords: open source software; innovation adoption; mission-critical; safety-critical; TOE; open source; adoption de l’innovation; système d’information critique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Systèmes d'Information et Management, 2016, 21 (4), pp.71 - 98. ⟨10.3917/sim.164.0071⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/sim.164.0071

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