Colleges and universities in the United States increasingly are turning to merit aid offers as a competitive tool to attract better students. Although the total amount of merit aid offered has increased recently, universities vary dramatically in the amount they use to attract top candidates....

The community-based model for software development in open source environments is becoming a viable alternative to traditional firm-based models. To better understand the workings of open source environments, we examine the effects of network embeddedness — or the nature of the relationship...