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Janus Face of Commercial Open Source Software - An Investigation into Institutional (Non)work by Interacting Institutional Actor (Paperback)
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Janus Face of Commercial Open Source Software - An Investigation into Institutional (Non)work by Interacting Institutional Actor (Paperback)
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Fifteen years ago, software was primarily developed either within
an organizational field of voluntary open source software
communities, infused with an institutional logic of technology, or,
within an organizational field of commercial companies, infused
with an institutional logic of capitalism. Within the
organizational field of open source software, participants
perceived software as a technical device, and they looked upon
themselves as programmers and users modifying and sharing codes,
making them available to everyone for free. Within the field of
commercial companies, managers and employees perceived software as
a commodity that could be bought and sold, and the development of
the software was shrouded in secrecy and wrapped in copyrights and
licenses. By the end of the millennium, people from the two
organizational fields began to interact with each other and, today,
commercial companies are involved in activities within open source
software communities in different ways. "How did people start to
co-operate with the 'enemy' on software development?" is the
leading question in this book. The answers are based on in-depth
studies of three empirical cases showing different variations of
co-operations and different ways and degrees of successful
co-operation. In all three cases, the development has raised
serious identity questions like: Who am I? Who are my friends and
enemies? And what is the right thing for me to do in the future?
The answers have not been found by just following a logic of
consequentiality, where people know who they are and how to pursue
their interests. Answering these questions, by contrast, has been a
highly ambiguous process for many people within both fields. The
process has been filled with uncertainty and emotions, and it has
in varying degrees involved institutional work and interactions
between many and different types of institutional actors:
institutional entrepreneurs, institutional audiences and
institutional leaders. This book is for everyone interested in
software development and/or open innovation processes and will be
of particular interest for organizational scholars, as it draws
heavily on sociological concepts like institutional logics,
institutional work, and institutional actors.
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