Les business models des sociétés de services actives dans le secteur Open Source

Authors

  • Olivier LISEIN Université de Liège, LENTIC HEC
  • François PICHAULT Université de Liège, LENTIC HEC
  • James DESMECHT Université de Liège, LENTIC HEC

Keywords:

Open Source, business model, stratégie, idéologie, ressource

Abstract

The Open Source Software industry has been submitted to important changes during the last decade, moving from the initial “libertarian ideology” to a “market economy” in which companies develop a genuine commercial orientation. Based on case studies – six OSS companies –, our exploratory research emphasizes three main business models those enterprises can bring out to provide their products and services and to generate profit from their activities: complexity, closed system, intermediation. Such business models express different positions in relation to the OSS philosophy and highlight the main distinctive resources (Barney, 1991) the companies may mobilise in order to make their clients dependent and to consolidate their competitive advantage.

Author Biographies

Olivier LISEIN, Université de Liège, LENTIC HEC

Olivier LISEIN est assistant à HEC-Ecole de Gestion de l’Université de Liège (Belgique) et chargé de recherche au LENTIC (HEC-ULg).  Ses travaux portent essentiellement sur l’introduction des TIC dans les organisations, les stratégies des entreprises et leurs politiques e-business/e-commerce, le management de l’innovation et la gestion du changement.  Il conduit des recherches et assure des interventions en organisation dans ces domaines ; il anime également plusieurs modules d’enseignement et de formation sur ces thématiques. 

François PICHAULT, Université de Liège, LENTIC HEC

François PICHAULT, docteur en sociologie, est professeur ordinaire à HEC-Ecole de Gestion de l’Université de Liège (Belgique).  Il préside, à l’Université de Liège, le LENTIC, un centre de recherche et d’intervention spécialisé dans l’étude des aspects humains et organisationnels des processus de changement et d’innovation technologique.  Il est actuellement Directeur de la recherche de HEC-Ecole de gestion de l’Université de Liège.  Il est également professeur affilié à l’Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP Europe).

James DESMECHT, Université de Liège, LENTIC HEC

James DESMECHT est chargé de recherche au LENTIC (HEC-Ecole de Gestion de l’Université de Liège, Belgique).  Il s’intéresse à l’évolution du secteur TIC et aux innovations technologiques (Web 2.0, Open Source, etc.), aux stratégies e-commerce des entreprises et aux techniques de WebMarketing.

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How to Cite

LISEIN, O., PICHAULT, F., & DESMECHT, J. (2009). Les business models des sociétés de services actives dans le secteur Open Source. Systèmes d’Information Et Management (French Journal of Management Information Systems), 14(2), 7–38. Retrieved from https://revuesim.org/index.php/sim/article/view/237

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2009)

Section

Empirical Research Article

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