Open Source Technology in Intra-Organisational Software Development—Private Markets or Local Libraries

Juho Lindman (), Mikko Riepula (), Matti Rossi () and Pentti Marttiin ()
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Juho Lindman: Hanken School of Economics
Mikko Riepula: Aalto University School of Economics/CKIR
Matti Rossi: Aalto University School of Economics
Pentti Marttiin: Aalto University School of Economics

Chapter Chapter 7 in Managing Open Innovation Technologies, 2013, pp 107-121 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explores how two organisations have changed their software development practices by introducing Open Source technology. Our aim is to understand the institutional changes that are needed in, and emerge, from this process. This chapter develops a conceptualisation building on the insights of entrepreneurial institutionalism, concentrating on the changing relationships of organisational groups in the areas of decision-making, rewarding and communication. We identify the links between the (1) emerging, yet embedded technology and (2) the underlying institutional decision-making, reward and communication structures. We move the Open Source 2.0 research agenda forward by concentrating empirical work on the nuances of institutional change that open source brings about in large hierarchical organisations. We will discuss the appropriateness of internal accounting organised according to the principle of an open market vs. a local library. We believe that both of these metaphors can support innovation, but different groups will find different approaches more appealing.

Keywords: Open Source Software; Business Unit; Institutional Theory; Philips Healthcare; Case Company (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31650-0_7

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