TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of social conventions in the diffusion of open source software
T2 - Implications for service industries
AU - Choi, Chong Ju
AU - Kim, Jai Beom
AU - Eldomiaty, Tarek
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - In information and service products such as open source software, increasing returns occur on the production or supply side, as well as network externalities on the demand side. For open source software, the social community element needs to be integrated with the framework of increasing returns. This paper attempts to show that social conventions, and social herding behaviour are fundamental to the growth of the open source software. Such social conventions legitimise value and provide identification in the global online community and have important implications for service industries in general.
AB - In information and service products such as open source software, increasing returns occur on the production or supply side, as well as network externalities on the demand side. For open source software, the social community element needs to be integrated with the framework of increasing returns. This paper attempts to show that social conventions, and social herding behaviour are fundamental to the growth of the open source software. Such social conventions legitimise value and provide identification in the global online community and have important implications for service industries in general.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=23844446090&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02642060500103365
DO - 10.1080/02642060500103365
M3 - Article
SN - 0264-2069
VL - 25
SP - 789
EP - 801
JO - Service Industries Journal
JF - Service Industries Journal
IS - 6
ER -