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| Author(s): |
Carlos Denner dos Santos Jr
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| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade de São Paulo. Departamento de Ciência da Computação - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | RAE-REVISTA DE ADMINISTRACAO DE EMPRESAS; v. 50, n. 4, p. 424-438, 2010-12-00. |
| Abstract | |
Thousands of Free and Open Source Software Projects (FSP) were, and continually are, created on the Internet. This scenario increases the number of opportunities to collaborate to the same extent that it promotes competition for users and contributors, who can guide projects to superior levels, unachievable by founders alone. Thus, given that the main goal of FSP founders is to improve their projects by means of collaboration, the importance to understand and manage the capacity of attracting users and contributors to the project is established. To support researchers and founders in this challenge, the concept of attractiveness is introduced in this paper, which develops a theoretical-managerial toolkit about the causes, indicators and consequences of attractiveness, enabling its strategic management. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/02046-2 - The Role of Open Source Software Projects' Attractiveness Throughout their Life-cycles: A Longitudinal-empirical Study |
| Grantee: | Carlos Denner dos Santos Júnior |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |