@article {226,
	title = {How Open Source Strengthens Business Models},
	journal = {Open Source Business Resource},
	year = {2009},
	month = {02/2009},
	publisher = {Talent First Network},
	type = {Articles},
	address = {Ottawa},
	abstract = {For a company{\textquoteright}s commercialization efforts to succeed, it needs to come up with great market offers which have great business models. Open source (OS) is neither a business model nor a market offer. A market offer with a weak business model will derive little benefit from OS regardless of how good the OS may be.

Little is known about how OS strengthens the business model of a company{\textquoteright}s market offer. This article provide a conceptual tool that can be used to capture, share and communicate the strength of a company{\textquoteright}s business model and help articulate tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge. The second half of the article provides many examples that show how OS strengthens a company{\textquoteright}s business model.

This paper is relevant to: i) top management teams who must formulate their companies{\textquoteright} business models clearly and communicate what is expected from OS; ii) top management teams who are considering investing in OS projects, participating in OS development, or influencing schedules and priorities of OS projects; iii) staff of OS foundations who must attract company investment and participation in their OS projects; and iv) academics who undertake research in the alignment of product development and OS evolution for the purpose of improving business performance},
	issn = {1913-6102},
	url = {http://timreview.ca/article/226},
	author = {Tony Bailetti}
}
