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Yetis-Larsson, ZeynepStockholm School of Economics,Handelshögskolan i Stockholm
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Sharing my way to success: A case study on developing entrepreneurial ventures using social capital in an OSS community
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https://research.hhs.se/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/Sharing-my-way-to-success-A/991001480320906056URI
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoandorg.2018.12.001DOI
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While Open Source Software (OSS) communities provide opportunities for knowledge creation,we have a limited understanding of how entrepreneurs leverage OSS communities for their entrepreneurial ventures. Using social capital theory in a mixed methods case study, we compare entrepreneur and non-entrepreneur behaviors to investigate how entrepreneurs build social capital within an OSS community. This study shows that entrepreneurs differentiate themselves from non-entrepreneurs by focusing on cognitive and relational capital building activities, which in return makes it possible for them to leverage their social capital to influence and shape the environment in which they are operating. Our findings suggest that entrepreneurs strategically select which activities within the community to expend their limited resources on (e.g., developing code over participating in email conversations) and build their social capital more through their actions than through their words (e.g., showing their commitment to the community through code commits, bug fixes, and documentation). Given the liabilities of newness and smallness as well as other challenges faced by entrepreneurs, applying an open innovation strategy in OSS communities could be one approach where entrepreneurs, by developing and freely revealing their intellectual property to the community, share their way to success via OSSinfused entrepreneurial business ventures.
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Teigland, RobinStockholm School of Economics,Handelshögskolan i Stockholm(Swepub:hhs)785@hhs.se
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Gangi, Paul M DiUniversity of Alabama (US)
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Handelshögskolan i StockholmStockholm School of Economics
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In:Information and Organization: Elsevier: 24 months29:1, s. 23-401471-7727
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