Works
- Open source software and the "private-collective" innovation model: issues for organization science, Organization Science 14(2), 209 to 223, 2003
- Community, joining, and specialization in open source software innovation: a case study, Research Policy 32(7), 1217 to 1241, 2003
- Resolving governance disputes in communities: a study of software license decisions, Strategic Management Journal 41(10), 1837 to 1868, 2020
In Organizational Structures
Known for
Knowledge creation and open source innovation
Ideas
Joining scripts. With Spaeth and Lakhani, derived from the Freenet project the constructs of joining script, specialization, contribution barriers, and feature gifts to explain how newcomers enter a developer community. Caveat: One project.