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Open Source, Open Collaboration: A Statistical Analysis of Firm Interactions in Software Development.

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As part of my MBA with the University of Warwick, I studied collaboration among firms in open-source software projects. I found that single-firm dominance and license restrictiveness hinder collaboration, while diversity in collaboration has a U-shaped effect on productivity. My findings suggest that firms should provide opportunities for collaboration and balance hierarchical controls to attract partners and enhance productivity.