Opening up open-ended survey data using qualitative software

The Analysis of Qualitative Study Data Using Software

The use of softwares for analyzing research data is increasing everyday. Making use of softwares specified for the analysis of qualitative data has begun since 20 years ago, and has been exposed to so many changes so far. Researchers have used the existing softwares such as word processors to facilitate the analysis practice, even before using specific softwares. Different softwares have severa...

Opening Up to Open Source

Automated Coding of Open-Ended Survey Responses

Background: Manual coding of open-ended survey responses is time-consuming, expensive, and error-prone. However, this task can be recast as a multi-label text classification problem, to which natural language processing and machine learning techniques can be applied. Aim: The aim of this work is to assess the suitability of various machine learning techniques to the problem of automated coding ...

Opening Up Intellectual Property Strategy: Implications for Open Source Software Entry by Start-up Firms

W examine whether a firm’s intellectual property (IP) strategy in support of the open source software (OSS) community stimulates new OSS product entry by start-up software firms. In particular, we analyze the impact of strategic decisions taken by IBM around the mid-2000s, such as its announcement that it will not assert its patents against the OSS community and its creation of a patent commons...

Shades of gray: Opening up a software producing organization with the open software enterprise model

Software producing organizations are frequently judged by others for being ‘open’ or ‘closed’, where a more ‘closed’ organization is seen as being detrimental to its software ecosystem. These qualifications can harm the reputation of these companies, for they are deemed to promote vendor lock-in, use closed data formats, and are seen as using intellectual property laws to harm others. These jud...