TY - GEN
T1 - A case study of open source and public participation in catalyzing social innovations
AU - Liu, Helen K.
AU - Sandfort, Jodi R
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Our study investigates the use of a new open source platform in catalyzing social innovations and participation of its members over time. We empirically examined how the nature of project designs and social pressure affect contribution to the open source platform. In the twenty-one projects (3,998 contributions) from 2004 to 2009, we find that the average number of contributions is higher when the projects are highly visible, when the project is designed to require specific skills from participants, and when it requires outcome measurement from participants' proposals. Also, we verified that actors join collective action when they believe their contribution is meaningful and they would stop when they believe their contribution could be marginal. These results provide implications for open source platform design in the philanthropic sector.
AB - Our study investigates the use of a new open source platform in catalyzing social innovations and participation of its members over time. We empirically examined how the nature of project designs and social pressure affect contribution to the open source platform. In the twenty-one projects (3,998 contributions) from 2004 to 2009, we find that the average number of contributions is higher when the projects are highly visible, when the project is designed to require specific skills from participants, and when it requires outcome measurement from participants' proposals. Also, we verified that actors join collective action when they believe their contribution is meaningful and they would stop when they believe their contribution could be marginal. These results provide implications for open source platform design in the philanthropic sector.
KW - Open source
KW - Social innovation
KW - Social network analysis
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U2 - 10.1109/ASONAM.2010.76
DO - 10.1109/ASONAM.2010.76
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77958164162
SN - 9780769541389
T3 - Proceedings - 2010 International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2010
SP - 428
EP - 431
BT - Proceedings - 2010 International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2010
T2 - 2010 International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2010
Y2 - 9 August 2010 through 11 August 2010
ER -