@inproceedings{1aef6496a8f44e418876a3b876e10fb2,
title = "Cooperation among competitors in the open-source arena: The case of OpenStack",
abstract = "Interorganizational interactions are often complex and paradoxical. In this research, we transcend two management paradoxes: competition versus cooperation and open-source versus proprietarytechnology development. We follow the OpenStack open-source ecosystem where competing firms cooperate in the joint-development of a cloud infrastructure for big data. We provide a narrative, complemented with social network visualizations, which depicts the evolution of cooperation and competition. Our findings suggest that development transparency and weak intellectual property rights (i.e., characteristics of open-source ecosystems) allow a focal firm to transfer information and resources more easily between multiple alliances.",
keywords = "Alliances, Business ecosystems, Coopetition, Open-coopetition, Open-source",
author = "Teixeira, \{Jose Apolinario\} and Mian, \{Salman Qayyum\} and Ulla Hytti",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
series = "2016 International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2016",
publisher = "Association for Information Systems",
booktitle = "2016 International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2016",
note = "2016 International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2016 ; Conference date: 11-12-2016 Through 14-12-2016",
}