Langlois, Richard N.; Garzarelli, Giampaolo - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2008
By employing modularity theory, we study the general phenomenon of open-source collaboration, which includes, e ….g., collective invention and open science besides open-source software production. We focus on how open-source collaboration … coordinates the division of labor. We find that open-source collaboration is an organizational form based on the exchange of …