Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/159620 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Quaderni - Working Paper DSE No. 781
Publisher: 
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE), Bologna
Abstract: 
The study of social institutions producing and disseminating knowledge has mainly concentrated on two main concepts: Science and Technology. This paper examines a recent institutional form that seems not to resemble either of the other two; that is, knowledge-intensive communities, where individuals freely exchange knowledge through information and communication technology. Using free and open source software as an example, we develop a model where this phenomenon is confronted with Technology with respect to its ability to attract researchers.
JEL: 
O31
L86
L88
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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