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The Promise of Research on Open Source Software

Georg von Krogh
Georg von Krogh
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Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich, Kreuzplatz 5, 8000 Zürich, Switzerland
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Eric von Hippel
Eric von Hippel
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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Georg von Krogh

Georg von Krogh

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Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich, Kreuzplatz 5, 8000 Zürich, Switzerland

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Eric von Hippel

Eric von Hippel

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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Published Online:1 Jul 2006https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1060.0560

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Georg von Krogh, Eric von Hippel, (2006) The Promise of Research on Open Source Software. Management Science 52(7):975-983.

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