VERY PRELIMINARY VERSION PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE Abstract Open Source Software (OSS) represents an “open innovation” paradigm based on knowledge produced and shared by developers and users. The paper inquires how OSS challenges the three Teece’s building blocks. New findings from a large survey of European software companies, show that within the OSS paradigm: (i) OSS can be a sustainable business ...

The possible benefits of open source software (OSS) have led organizations into adopting a variety of OSS products. However, the risks related to such an adoption, and how to reduce these risks, are not well understood. Based on data from interviews, a questionnaire, and workshops, this paper reports ongoing work in a multi-national telecom company. The paper has three main contributions. First...

Open Source Software (OSS) is undergoing extraordinary growth. This rapid growth requires an increasing number of software developers working in a variety of areas. Computing education needs to provide students with professional experience, preferably within the context of a large, distributed software project. Educating students within OSS projects provides a solution to both the need for both...

Open source software development has been the subject of interest among businesses as well as in the academic world. OSS enables many possibilities for companies but also sets new kinds of challenges. Because of the characteristics of the OSS phenomenon we propose that trust in OSS communities plays a key role in facilitating their success. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore the fac...

Drawing on the theory of social capital, we propose a cross-level model proposing that community-level social capital plays an important role in Open Source Software projects. Social capital, as resources lying within interpersonal relationships, is created and maintained as a by-product of social exchanges between developers working in the same OSS community. Social capital provides benefits b...

This paper presents a case study on the factors that influence the initial adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) in a large South African organization when implementing an OSS PBX platform. The theoretical foundation for this research draws on a number of academic frameworks and models, thus not only providing a practical illustration but also validating their usefulness in guiding OSS adoption.

PURPOSE Little has been published about the application profiles and development patterns of open source software (OSS) in health and medical informatics. This study explores these issues with an analysis of health and medical informatics related OSS projects on SourceForge, a large repository of open source projects. METHODOLOGY A search was conducted on the SourceForge website during the pe...

Open Source Software (OSS) has become a strategic asset for a number of reasons, such as short time-to-market software delivery, reduced development and maintenance costs, and its customization capabilities. Therefore, organizations are increasingly becoming OSS adopters, either as a result of a strategic decision or because it is almost unavoidable nowadays, given the fact that most commercial...

The hypothalamic neuroendocrine system is mainly composed of the neural structures regulating hormone secretion from the pituitary gland and has been considered as the higher regulatory center of the immune system. Recently, the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system (HNS) emerged as an important component of neuroendocrine-immune network, wherein the oxytocin (OT)-secreting system (OSS) plays an ...

statement of problem: the guided bone regeneration (gbr) technique does not always produce consistent results. bone filling within the space provided by the membrane can be incomplete. purpose: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a collagen membrane (bio-gide) in combination with or without deproteinezed bovine bone mineral (bio-oss) on the healing of calvarial defects in rabbit...