Using the example of corporate OSS engagement, Oliver Alexy shows how free revealing can be carried out both effectively and efficiently by companies. He evaluates potential advantages and disadvantages and looks at related organizational processes to understand how this practice diffuses within...

Definitorische und theoretisch-konzeptionelle Grundlagen -- Open Innovation Ansatz von Chesbrough -- Open Innovation Ansatz von Reichwald/Piller -- Open Innovation Ansatz aus der I&K-Technologie -- Zusammenfassung.

In Virtuellen Communities kommunizieren und kollaborieren Individuen über das Internet miteinander, wobei die Zusammenarbeit meist freiwillig und ohne finanzielle Anreize stattfindet. Unternehmen nutzen Virtuelle Communities u.a. für das Customer Relationship Management und das...

A new method for making software is stealthily gaining ground in the computer industry, offering a promise of better, cheaper software and the empowerment of the user. The open source movement could revolutionize the software industry...if it succeeds. Open source means software that you are...