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= Capability Coordination in Modular Organization: Voluntary FSS/OSS Production and the Case of Debian GNU/Linux. =

by Giampaolo Garzarelli and Roberto Galoppini.

== Abstract/Summary ==

The paper analyzes voluntary Free Software/Open Source Software (FS/OSS) organization of work. The empirical setting considered is the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. The paper finds that the production process is hierarchical notwithstanding the modular (nearly decomposable) architecture of software and of voluntary FS/OSS organization. But voluntary FS/OSS project organization is not hierarchical for the same reasons suggested by the most familiar theories of economic organization: hierarchy is justified for coordination of continuous change, rather than for the direction of static production. Hierarchy is ultimately the overhead attached to the benefits engendered by modular organization.

== References ==

 URL:: http://ideas.repec.org/p/wpa/wuwpio/0312005.html
 PDF:: http://128.118.178.162/eps/io/papers/0312/0312005.pdf
 DOI:: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2008.05.001

=== BIBTeX ===

{{{
@TechReport{RePEc:wpa:wuwpio:0312005,
  author={Giampaolo Garzarelli and Roberto Galoppini},
  title={Capability Coordination in Modular Organization: Voluntary FS/OSS Production and the Case of Debian GNU/Linux},
  year=2003,
  month=Dec,
  institution={EconWPA},
  type={Industrial Organization},
  url={http://ideas.repec.org/p/wpa/wuwpio/0312005.html;http://128.118.178.162/eps/io/papers/0312/0312005.pdf},
  number={0312005},
  abstract={The paper analyzes voluntary Free Software/Open Source Software (FS/OSS) organization of work. The empirical setting considered is the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. The paper finds that the production process is hierarchical notwithstanding the modular (nearly decomposable) architecture of software and of voluntary FS/OSS organization. But voluntary FS/OSS project organization is not hierarchical for the same reasons suggested by the most familiar theories of economic organization: hierarchy is justified for coordination of continuous change, rather than for the direction of static production. Hierarchy is ultimately the overhead attached to the benefits engendered by modular organization.},
  keywords={Modularity; hierarchy; capabilities; coordination costs; software.}
}
}}}

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