The emergence of an organizational field: The case of open source software
Description
Institutional theory offers a very powerful lens to understand and explain societal phenomena. In the context of innovation and technology, this perspective provides insights that complement the understandings derived from a focus on just technology or economics. Adopting this standpoint, this paper examines the emergence of the organizational field of open source software as a response to the norms of propriety software that were unacceptable to many passionate software researchers and programmers.
Copyright Date
January 2013
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Keywords
Open source software
Conference
3rd Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management (IAM), 12-14 December, 2013, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad