TY - JOUR
T1 - PRESENCE OF LOCATION-BASED AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS IN OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES
T2 - AN EMPIRICAL TEST ON GITHUB
AU - Paruchuri, Srikanth
AU - Thummadi, Babu Veeresh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Academy of Management Discoveries 2022,
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Open source communities are a distinct form of organizing, and, in the present paper, we investigate the presence of location-based agglomeration effects in these communi-ties. While it is clear that an open source community transcends multiple geographic locations, we do not yet know whether location-based agglomeration effects are present in these communities. We take a critical look at this aspect by investigating whether new and spin-off project initiations are more concentrated in geographic locations that already have many prior projects initiated in those regions, even after accounting for the locations’ endowments. Using data from a popular open source community (GitHub) from years 2008 to 2011 inclusive, we find the presence of not only agglomeration effects but also aggregation diseconomies beyond a certain level. Our findings have implications for research on open source communities and agglomeration effects, in addition to generating practical implications.
AB - Open source communities are a distinct form of organizing, and, in the present paper, we investigate the presence of location-based agglomeration effects in these communi-ties. While it is clear that an open source community transcends multiple geographic locations, we do not yet know whether location-based agglomeration effects are present in these communities. We take a critical look at this aspect by investigating whether new and spin-off project initiations are more concentrated in geographic locations that already have many prior projects initiated in those regions, even after accounting for the locations’ endowments. Using data from a popular open source community (GitHub) from years 2008 to 2011 inclusive, we find the presence of not only agglomeration effects but also aggregation diseconomies beyond a certain level. Our findings have implications for research on open source communities and agglomeration effects, in addition to generating practical implications.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85152913117
U2 - 10.5465/amd.2019.0255
DO - 10.5465/amd.2019.0255
M3 - Article
SN - 2168-1007
VL - 8
SP - 274
EP - 297
JO - Academy of Management Discoveries
JF - Academy of Management Discoveries
IS - 2
ER -