@article {226, title = {How Open Source Strengthens Business Models}, journal = {Open Source Business Resource}, year = {2009}, month = {02/2009}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, type = {Articles}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {For a company{\textquoteright}s commercialization efforts to succeed, it needs to come up with great market offers which have great business models. Open source (OS) is neither a business model nor a market offer. A market offer with a weak business model will derive little benefit from OS regardless of how good the OS may be. Little is known about how OS strengthens the business model of a company{\textquoteright}s market offer. This article provide a conceptual tool that can be used to capture, share and communicate the strength of a company{\textquoteright}s business model and help articulate tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge. The second half of the article provides many examples that show how OS strengthens a company{\textquoteright}s business model. This paper is relevant to: i) top management teams who must formulate their companies{\textquoteright} business models clearly and communicate what is expected from OS; ii) top management teams who are considering investing in OS projects, participating in OS development, or influencing schedules and priorities of OS projects; iii) staff of OS foundations who must attract company investment and participation in their OS projects; and iv) academics who undertake research in the alignment of product development and OS evolution for the purpose of improving business performance}, issn = {1913-6102}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/226}, author = {Tony Bailetti} }