TY - Generic T1 - Bazaar by Design: Managing Interfirm Exchanges in an Open Source Service Network Y1 - 2008 A1 - Joseph Feller A1 - Finnegan, Patrick A1 - Brian Fitzgerald A1 - Hayes, Jeremy AB - As in many other sectors, competitive necessities are driving open source software companies to participate in cooperative business networks in order to offer the complete product and service offerings demanded by customers. This paper examines one such emerging business network archetype: an open source service network (OSSN). This type of business network is of particular interest as it not only addresses key challenges vis-à-vis OSS commercialization, but operates in a manner that overcomes exchange problems among participants by relying primarily on social mechanisms. The paper reveals the manifestation of social mechanisms in OSSNs and how these are used for coordinating and safeguarding exchanges between firms. Specifically, we illustrate the importance of (1) restricted access, (2) assessing the reputation of others, (3) a shared macroculture (goals and norms), and (4) collective sanctions for punishing firms who violate these goals and norms. JF - Information Technology in the Service Economy: Challenges and Possibilities for the 21st Century UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09768-8_12 ER -