TY - GEN
T1 - The role of open source in new business formation
T2 - America�s Conference on Information Systems: A Tradition of Innovation, AMCIS 2017
AU - Link, Georg J.P.
AU - Qureshi, Sajda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Innovative uses of ICTs can bring about development. The open source software movement offers new opportunities for innovation. In particular, the use of such platforms can enable entrepreneurs in low resource environments to access and use needed software to support their new businesses. This paper investigates the role of open source software for development. This research shows that participation in open source communities is significantly correlated with new business formation. Through an analysis of datasets from the World Bank and GitHub, the largest open source platform, this paper finds a relationship between open source participation, new business formation and their effects on development, through unemployment rates. There is a strong, positive correlation between new business registrations and active GitHub users, which was statistically significant. The implications for development are in the effect of a positive relationship in job creation based on business formation and open source participation.
AB - Innovative uses of ICTs can bring about development. The open source software movement offers new opportunities for innovation. In particular, the use of such platforms can enable entrepreneurs in low resource environments to access and use needed software to support their new businesses. This paper investigates the role of open source software for development. This research shows that participation in open source communities is significantly correlated with new business formation. Through an analysis of datasets from the World Bank and GitHub, the largest open source platform, this paper finds a relationship between open source participation, new business formation and their effects on development, through unemployment rates. There is a strong, positive correlation between new business registrations and active GitHub users, which was statistically significant. The implications for development are in the effect of a positive relationship in job creation based on business formation and open source participation.
KW - Development
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - ICT4D
KW - Innovation
KW - New business formation
KW - Open source software
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M3 - Conference contribution
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T3 - AMCIS 2017 - America's Conference on Information Systems: A Tradition of Innovation
BT - AMCIS 2017 - America's Conference on Information Systems
PB - Americas Conference on Information Systems
Y2 - 10 August 2017 through 12 August 2017
ER -