This paper reports on an empirical study of the multidimensionality of partnership quality in IT outsourcing arrangements and the relationships between these dimensions of partnership quality. A two-phase national survey was conducted to collect empirical data to confirm the dimensions of...

Opening up firms to open source has changed professional programmers' work in software development. In their work practice they must cope with two modes of software production: one based on proprietary, closed work situations, the other built around open source community ways of cooperation and...

The following sections are included: <ul><li class="bullet">Introduction</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">The Dynamics of Open Innovation Ecosystems</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">The Concept of Generativity</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">The Mobile Phone Industry in Change</li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">Case Description: The iPhone and Android <ul><li class="bullet"> iPhone</li><li class="bullet"> Android</li></ul> <p></li></ul> <ul><li class="bullet">iPhone and Android: A Generativity Lens <ul><li class="bullet"> Leverage</li><li class="bullet"> Adaptability</li><li class="bullet"> Ease of mastery</li><li class="bullet">...</li></ul></li></ul></p>