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The aim of this article is to better understand how service companies, which were initially non-profit organizations, can develop a commercial activity in open source software. From a theoretical point of view, the strategic behavior of firms is influenced by social rules to which they must, at least partially, comply in order to seem legitimate. At the methodological level, this research builds on the work of Lisein et al. (2009) who have identified four key dimensions in the ideology of the OSS.A quantitative study on a sample of 71 Open Source Software Companies (OSSC) allows highlighting three strategic behaviors. Two of them represent hybridization strategies, while the third is much closer to a strict commercial logic. Then, the qualitative study of three cases of OSSC, that were previously sampled, were used to better understand the benefits that these companies expect from interacting with the non-commercial sphere and the strategic maneuvers they deploy. Our results confirm that OSSC are positioning themselves on the four generic principles constituting the ideology of OSS. Therefore Lisein et al. (2009) Model seems validated. However, our observations show that it is possible to combine market and non-market logics with different behaviors. These behaviors are distinguished on three key dimensions : the discussions with the open source community relationship, the type of legitimacy sought, the strategic maneuvers deployed. This research may well be of particular interest to managers of OSSC to better understand the consequences and implications of their strategic positioning choices between market and non-market sphere.

Product innovation assessment in software sector is a timely topic. Nevertheless, research on that subject is particularly scant. As a result there is a lack of criteria to measure software innovativeness. In a context of theoretical and practical controversy in the open source field, this article assesses open source software innovativeness. Based on almost 500 cases studies and with the collaboration of 125 experts from industry, services and research fields, it suggests an innovation typology supported by the notion of functional added value. It provides also an innovation modelling framework that combines main evaluation methodologies. By showing the shortcomings of widely used innovation metrics, this research supports a new approach of innovativeness assessment specialized in each sector.

Despite growing efforts to improve software development processes, recurring concerns about software project performance remain largely present. The rate of software development project failure rate has been routinely documented in information systems (IS) research (Wallace, 2004; El-Masry and Rivard, 2010). The management of software development projects is often marked by inadequate planning, a poor grasp of the overall development process, and no clear management framework, even as the focus in software development shifts from a technology perspective to a more process-centric view (Slaughter, 2006). To address such concerns few CMM-based studies have examined the benefits and direct impact of software process maturity on software project performance but with mixed results. The present paper attempts to systematically examine the contingent role of software development risk on the impact of software process maturity level on software project performance. Guided by risk-based perspective in Software Engineering and CMM-based framework, an exploratory model was developed and tested. The premise of this paper is that software development risk plays a contingent role in the relationship between software process maturity and software project performance. Drawing on a sample of 107 organizations that have undergone official CMM appraisals, the results of partial least squares analysis of the data reveal initial evidence that (1) a positive effect of software process maturity level on software project performance while underscoring the negative effect of software development risk on software project performance, and (2) more importantly, the findings show that software development risk plays a contingent role software process maturity level on software project performance. For researchers, the integration of software development risk can provide a much needed linkage in the three fundamental constructs of CMM. From a managerial perspective, in order to foster a better software project performance, IS project leaders and managers should strongly emphasize devising effective software development risk assessment since a variation of this construct's level may strengthen or weaken the relationship between software development process maturity and software project performance.

The paper investigates the moderating effect of gender on the intention to continue using mobile Internet services (MIS) in an everyday life context. An extended model based on the technology acceptance model (TAM) is applied to predict MIS continuance intention, with gender as the moderating variable. The hypotheses are tested on data from a survey of 648 French MIS users. The findings show that female users expressed a stronger need for perceived usefulness and ease-of-use than male users. Interestingly, the stronger effect of perceived usefulness in females was contrary to prior TAM research. These results may be partially explained by the role of intrinsic motivation. The effect of perceived enjoyment was not significant for either males or females. The observed gender differences suggest that MIS providers should consider user gender when advertising and marketing MIS.