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Open Source Software and the Organization of Work
Giampaolo Garzarelli Università degli Studi di Roma, “La Sapienza”
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What is (not) OSS organization?
Not a factory. Not a firm. Not a market. Not for profit. No ownership structure.
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Organizational Alternatives (After Langlois 1999)
Work force concentrated Work force dispersed Process supervision Factory system — Product monitoring Inside contracting Putting out and OSS organization of work? But... Putting out sees competition among workers. OSS sees cooperation among workers.
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Then... Why is such organization possible?
Why can it persist through time? Is there nonetheless a theoretical – or even historical – organizational ideal-type whose characteristics it does more-or-less resemble, e.g., the putting-out? One Key? Sharing of input and output (nonrival intangibles).
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