This paper presents the findings of a study of SME owner-managers that examined their willingness to share information online with other members of a local business network. The main variables associated with willingness to share knowledge online were found to be willingness to share information...

In this paper we contribute to an understanding of how small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can be encouraged to participate in the management of environmental common pool resources. We do this by applying ideas from general theories about collective actions and, using evidence from...

This paper reports on an empirical study of the multidimensionality of partnership quality in IT outsourcing arrangements and the relationships between these dimensions of partnership quality. A two-phase national survey was conducted to collect empirical data to confirm the dimensions of...

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">The Dynamics of Open Innovation Ecosystems</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">The Concept of Generativity</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">The Mobile Phone Industry in Change</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Case Description: The iPhone and Android <ul><li class="bullet"> iPhone</li><li class="bullet"> Android</li></ul> <p></li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">iPhone and Android: A Generativity Lens <ul><li class="bullet"> Leverage</li><li class="bullet"> Adaptability</li><li class="bullet"> Ease of mastery</li><li class="bullet">...</li></ul></li></ul></p>

Opening up firms to open source has changed professional programmers' work in software development. In their work practice they must cope with two modes of software production: one based on proprietary, closed work situations, the other built around open source community ways of cooperation and...