Lakhani KR, Wolf R. Why hackers do what they do: Understanding motivation and effort in free/open source software projects. In: Feller J, Fitzgerald B, Hissam S, Lakhani KR, editors. Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software. MIT Press; 2005. Download: lakhaniwolf.pdf (67.75 KB)
von Krogh G, Spaeth S, Lakhani KR. Community, joining, and specialization in open source software innovation: a case study. Research Policy. 2003;32:1217-41. Abstract  Download: krogh03.pdf (588.22 KB)
Lakhani KR, von Hippel E. How open source software works: "free" user-to-user assistance. Research Policy. 2003;32:923-43. Abstract  Download: lakhani2003.pdf (248.56 KB)