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Intrinsic Motivations and Profit-oriented Firms in Open Source Software: Do firms practise what they preach?
Andrea Bonaccorsi and Cristina Rossi Intern. Conf. Open Source Software 241--245 (2005)
to empirical open-source requirements by neilernst on 2006-09-18 06:26:07 ]]> Genova, ItalyIntern. Conf. Open Source SoftwareJuly241--245Intrinsic Motivations and Profit-oriented Firms in Open Source Software: Do firms practise what they preach?2005empirical open-source requirements 2006-09-18 06:26:07.0This paper contributes to the literature by providing empirical evidence on the incentives of firms that engage in Open Source activities. Data collected by a survey on 146 Italian companies supplying OS solutions (Open Source firms) show that (surprisingly) intrinsic, communitybased incentives do play a role but are not, in general, put into practise. The discrepancy between attitudes and behaviours is investigated and firms adopting more consistent behaviours are singled out. Our results are in line with the literature on business models of firms entering the Open Source field.