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INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

Paper:
Paola Giuri, Matteo Ploner, Francesco Rullani, Salvatore Torrisi (2010)
"Skills, Division of Labor and Performance in Collective Inventions: Evidence From Open Source Software", International Journal of Industrial Organization ( IJIO ), 28(1), 54-68.
Econometric Analysis (zero-inflated negative binomial & logit)

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Paper:
Paul A. David and Francesco Rullani (2008)
"Dynamics of Innovation in an 'Open Source' Collaboration Environment: Lurking, Laboring and Launching FLOSS Projects on SourceForge", Industrial and Corporate Change ( ICC ), 17(4), p. 647-710.  

(Previous titles of the paper: "Open source software development dynamics. Project joining and new project generation on SourceForge" and "Micro-dynamics of Free and Open Source Software Development. Lurking, laboring and launching new projects on SourceForge". Please ref to the published version, as it includes some important fixes.).
Markov Chain

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Paper:
Paola Giuri, Francesco Rullani, Salvatore Torrisi (2008)
"Explaining Leadership in Open Source Software Projects", Information Economics and Policy, Volume 20, Issue 4, December 2008, Pages 305-315, ( IEP ).

( Most Downloaded paper in IEP: Extract from ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles January - March 2009 Tue Jul 21 03:01:27 BST 2009)
Econometric Analysis (ordered logit)

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Paper:
Lars Frederiksen, Linus Dahlander and Francesco Rullani (2008)
"Online Communities and Open Innovation: Governance and Symbolic Value Creation", Industry & Innovation ( I&I ), 15(2), April.

( Most Downloaded paper in I&I in 2009. Editorial for the Special Issue with the same title.
The whole Special Issue has become a book edited by Taylor & Francis. You can see it here)

Theory

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UNDER REVIEW

Paper:
Jean-Michel Dalle, Paul A. David, Francesco Rullani (2009)
"Modeling Motivations, Code Structure, and Coordination in Community-based Open Source Software Projects: A 'Stigmergic' Approach", submitted to Management Science (MS), Revise & Resubmit, first revision.

Simulation Model
N.A. (yet!)

Paper:
Francesco Rullani (2008)
"The periphery on stage. Properties, functions, and dynamics of the periphery in the Free/Open Source Software community", submitted to Research Policy (RP), Revise & Resubmit, first revision.

(Previous titles of the paper: "The indirect debate and the community. How the periphery and the core relate in the Free/Open Source Software community", "The debate and the community. 'Reflexive identity' in the FLOSS community" and "The three dimensions of a communitarian institution. The 'reflexive identity' concept and the F/OSS community case".
Della precedente versione di questo articolo è disponibile anche una traduzione in ITALIANO realizzata da Proxima Centauri S.r.l. Vedere il link relativo o fare click qui
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Theory

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BOOKS

Chapter in Book:
Guido Conaldi and Francesco Rullani (2010)
"The Meso-level Structure of F/OSS Collaboration Network: Local Communities and Their Innovativeness", in Madey, G., and Gonzalez-Barahona J.M. (eds.), (2010) "Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Open Systems", South Bend, Indiana (USA), May 2010, Springer, ( OSS2010 ), forthcoming.
Network Analysis (igraph)

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see the conference website

Chapter in Book:
Paola Giuri, Francesco Rullani, Salvatore Torrisi (2010)
"A test of Lazear's theory of entrepreneurship in the Open Source Software virtual community", in Audretsch D., G.B. Dagnino, R. Faraci, R. Hoskisson (eds.), "New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship: Recognizing, Seizing and Executing Opportunities", Springer, ISBN: 978-1-4419-0057-9.

(The paper reports and expands the discussion developed in "Explaining Leadership in Open Source Software Projects").
Econometric Analysis (ordered logit & logit)

pdf not available
see the
WP version

Chapter in Book:
Alessandro Nuvolari and Francesco Rullani (2007)
"Curious exceptions? Open Source Software and 'Open' Technology", in St.Amant, Kirk, and Still, Brian (Eds.), "Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives", Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA.  
Theory

pdf not available
see the book

Chapter in Book:
Paola Giuri, Francesco Rullani and Salvatore Torrisi (2006)
"Survival and activity of OSS projects", in Rossi, Cristina and Bonaccorsi, Andrea (Eds.), "Economic Perspectives on Open Source Software", Franco Angeli ( Franco Angeli ).  

(The chapter focuses on the exploratory research of ``Skills, Division of Labor and Performance in Collective Inventions: Evidence From Open Source Software").
Econometric Analysis (zero-inflated negative binomial & logit)

pdf not available
see the book


ITALIAN JOURNALS

Paper:
Francesco Rullani (2009)
"Creativity and the community. Reflexivity and creation in the Free/Libre/Open Source Software community", Sinergie ( Sinergie ), Quadrno 15/09, 125 - 144, Special Issue on Creative Industries.

(The paper appears also as a chapter in the book Belussi F., Staber U., Eds. (2012), Network of Creation and Innovation, Routledge).
Theory

pdf not available
see the web site of Sinergie

Paper:
Paola Giuri, Matteo Ploner, Francesco Rullani and Salvatore Torrisi (2007)
"An explorative study of skills an openness in Open Source Software projects", Rapporto di Ricerca "Heterogeneity - Diversification" - Sinergie ( Sinergie ), 26, 275-287.

(The paper focuses on the exploratory research of "Skills, Division of Labor and Performance in Collective Inventions: Evidence From Open Source Software" and "Explaining Leadership in Open Source Software Projects").
Econometric Analysis (zero-inflated negative binomial & multinomial logit & logit)

pdf not available
see the abstract


WORK IN PROGRESS

Paper:
Francesco Rullani, Lars Frederiksen, Nicolai Foss (2010)
"Individual Interaction and Innovation Capabilities Exploration and Exploitation in Open Source Software Communities", mimeo.

Previous version: Francesco Rullani (2009) "Self-organized walks on the technology landscape. How the Free/Open Source Software community explores and exploits"
Econometric Analysis (Poisson - panel estimation with fixed eff & robust std err)

N.A. (yet!)

Paper:
Francesco Rullani (2010)
"How can firms leverage unconventional complementary assets? Firms' participation strategies and the performances of OSS projects, mimeo.
Econometrics (Zero-inflated negative Binomial and OLS)
N.A. (yet!)

Paper:
Francesco Zirpoli, Francesco Rullani, Markus C. Becker (2009)
"Coordinating distributed innovation processes: the case of the automotive and open source software industries", presented at the DRUID conference ( DRUID ), 17 - 19 June 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Case Study & Economentric analysis (quasi-2SLS)

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Paper:
Francesco Rullani, Lorenzo Zirulia (2008)
"Between IPRs and Public Research: Is a Community just a 'Fancy' Science? Lessons from the Free/Open Source Software community case", presented at the Second COMMUNIA International Conference 2009: Global Science & Economics of Knowledge-Sharing Institutions. ( COMMUNIA ), June 28 - 30, 2009, Turin, Italy.  

(Previous titles of the paper: "Is a Community just a 'Fancy' Science? Lessons from the Free/Open Source Software community case").
Mathematical Model

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Articolo (in Italian):
Francesco Rullani (2008)
"Il dibattito indiretto e la comunità. Le relazioni tra nucleo centrale e periferia nella comunità del Free/Open Source Software", traduzione in ITALIANO realizzata da Proxima Centauri S.r.l. dell'articolo "The indirect debate and the community. How the periphery and the core relate in the Free/Open Source Software community", presentato alla 25ma "DRUID Celebration Conference 2008" su "Imprenditorialità e Innovazione" ( DRUID)

(For the Enligh version of this article see the previous link, or click here).
Theory

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Paper:
Carole Maignan, Dino Pinelli, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Francesco Rullani (2003)
"Bio-Ecological Diversity vs. Socio-Economic Diversity: a Comparison of Existing Measures ", Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei ( FEEM ), Working Paper No. 13.2003.
Theory

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Report:
Carole Maignan, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Dino Pinelli and Francesco Rullani (2002)
"Comparative regional case study", draft of the ‘Comparative regional case study’ section of Deliverable 12 (D12) of the 'Digital Europe' project ( DEESD ). 

Case Study (at level of the Region)

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see the project page at FEEM





MISCELLANEA

MatLab script:
Francesco Rullani (2007)
bootpm.m, the script employs bootstrapping to compute the standard deviation and the average of the transition probabilities characterizing a Markov process. It is very easy to customize, use, edit and improve.

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Intervista Radiofonica (in Italian):
Francesco Rullani
"Una rete coi buchi", Radio 3 scienza,
27 luglio 2009 ( Radio 3 Scienza ), intervista a cura di Elisabetta Tola.  


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Intervista Radiofonica (in Italian):
Francesco Rullani
"L'unione fa il profitto", Radio 3 scienza,
3 luglio 2008 ( Radio 3 Scienza ), intervista a cura di Elisabetta Tola.  


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Articolo divulgativo (in Italian):
Francesco Rullani (2010)
Apertura verso il network e presidio della posizione. Le strategie per creare imprese di rete e il caso dell'open source software", Lazio-Side, April 2010 ( Lazio-Side ).  

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Articolo divulgativo (in Italian):
Marco Giarratana, Francesco Rullani, Grid Thoma (2007)
"Free Open Source Software. Un futuro tra comunità e mercato", La Repubblica on line, 14 settembre 2007
( La Repubblica ).  


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Articolo divulgativo (in Italian):
Matteo Ploner, Francesco Rullani (2005)
"Not In My Backyard. E allora dove?", L'Avocetta, numero 39, Marzo ( L'Avocetta ).  

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