Open-source strategies at the lens of the business model framework

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Keywords:

open-source, modèles économiques, typologie, stratégie, système d’information

Abstract

Many companies use free open-source software (FLOSS) in their business proposals. There are many case studies of open-source business models. However, there is no comprehensive analysis articulating these different open-source models. Based on the business model framework, and the IS literature, we start from the needs of FLOSS to analyze and compare open-source business models. This allows us to discuss the links between value capture and key resources. The open-source model appears to be based on the management and control of software evolution dynamics (“software-flux”), in an industry that has become accustomed to selling products (“software-stock”).

Author Biographies

Nicolas Jullien, IMT Atlantique, LEGO, France

Nicolas Jullien est Professeur en management au département LUSSI à IMT Atlatique, campus de Brest. Il est membre du LEGO et co-directeur de Marsouin, le réseau de recherche en SHS sur la société numérique en Bretagne. Sa recherche principale se place dans le cadre du management de l’innovation et du management des organisations (virtuelles), et dans ce qu’on appelle aujourd’hui «innovation ouverte». Elle s’intéresse aux interactions entre les institutions marchandes et la production collective non marchande et ouvertes (comme le logiciel libre, Wikipedia) : comment ces industries sont impactées dans leur organisation par ces productions collectives, tant sur les modèles économiques que sur l’organisation du travail.

Robert Viseur, Université de Mons, Belgique

Robert Viseur est docteur en Sciences appliquées, Chef de service TIC (Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication) et Chargé de cours (informatique & management de l’innovation) au sein de la Faculté Warocqué d’Économie et de Gestion (UMONS).

Published

2023-04-14

How to Cite

Jullien, N., & Viseur, R. (2023). Open-source strategies at the lens of the business model framework. Systèmes d’Information Et Management (French Journal of Management Information Systems), 26(3), 67–103. Retrieved from https://revuesim.org/index.php/sim/article/view/1177

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 3 (2021)

Section

Empirical research

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