MOTIVATION AND SORTING OF HUMAN CAPITAL IN OPEN INNOVATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark
• 署名单位: Duke University; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2284
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 795-820
• 关键词: strategic human capital; sorting; motivations; open innovation; open source; Intellectual property rights

摘要

This paper studies how business models can be designed to tap effectively into open innovation labor markets with heterogeneously motivated workers. Using data on open source software, we show that motivations are diverse, and demonstrate how managers can strategically influence the flow of code contributions and their impact on project performance. Unlike previous literature using survey data, we exploit the observed pattern of project membership and code contributionsthe revealed preference of developersto infer the motivations driving their decision to contribute. Developers strongly sort along key dimensions of the business model chosen by project managers, especially the degree of openness of the project license. The results indicate an important role for intrinsic motivation, reputation, and labor market signaling, and a more limited role for reciprocity. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.