Free / Open Source Software Development

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher Marketing: An overview of the current research streams in the field of free and open source software development. A multitude of research approaches are used to explore free and open source software development processes, attributes of their products and the workings within the development communities. Contributor Bio:  Koch, Stefan Stefan Koch is Assistant Professor of Information Business at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. He received a MBA in Management Information Systems from Vienna University and Vienna Technical University, and a Ph. D. from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Currently he is involved in the undergraduate and graduate teaching program, especially in software project management and ERP packages. His research interests include cost estimation for software projects, the free/open source development model, software process improvement, the evaluation of benefits from information systems and ERP systems.