期刊名称：The International Technology Management Review
电子版ISSN：1835-5269
出版年度：2015
卷号：5
期号：2
页码：94-104
DOI：10.2991/itmr.2015.5.2.4
语种：English
出版社：Atlantis Press
摘要：This paper offers an exploratory conceptual and theoretical examination of knowledge creation within virtual communities of hackers. By distinguishing between different types of virtual communities, we argue that hacker communities involved in free and open source activities possess special structural and processual characteristics that are conducive to innovative product development. Drawing on diverse literatures, this paper thus builds an initial understanding of how a hacker community is organized and how knowledge creation and innovation occur in the hybrid virtual environment.
关键词：Virtual Community; Hackers; Open Source Community; Community of Practice; Core-Periphery Structure
