@proceedings {1455,
	title = {Open-Source Technologies Realizing Social Networks: A Multiple Descriptive Case-Study},
	volume = {378},
	year = {2012},
	month = {09/2012},
	pages = {250-255},
	publisher = {IFIP AICT,  Springer},
	abstract = {This article aims at describing the role of the open-source software phenomenon within high-tech corporations providing social networks and applications. By taking a multiple case study approach, We address what are the open-source software technological components embedded by leading social networking players, and a rich description on how those players collaborate with the open-source community. Our findings, based on a population of three commercial providers of social networks a suggest that open-source plays an important role on the technological development of their social networking platforms. An open-source technological stack for realizing social networks is proposed and several managerial issues dealing with collaboration with open-source communities are explored.},
	keywords = {entrepreneurship, facebook, netlog, social networks, spotify},
	author = {Teixeira, Jose}
}
