Gestion de l'innovation:quels enseignements tirer du cas des logiciels libres?

Thomas Loilier
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Thomas Loilier: Université de Caen Basse-Normandie

Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie, 2002, vol. 5, issue 3, pages 141-168

Abstract: In the software industry, the attested success of the free softwares leads us to wonder about the specificity of the innovative model, which developed them. This one presents real original aspects at the organizational level as well as at the strategic one. The aim of this article is first to define this innovative model with precision then to discuss its alleged novelty. The latter is particularly discussed thanks to the mobilization of several theories of the management of innovation and the informal trans-actions theory.

Keywords: free softwares; management of innovation; community; informal transactions theory. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L14 L22 L86 (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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