15778: New Frontiers in Open Source: Implications for Strategy and Organization Research

Open-source software (OSS) exerts a profound socio-economic influence across various dimensions of contemporary life. From a supply-side perspective, OSS initiatives have gained unprecedented significance, with a surge in contributions from profit-oriented companies. Concurrently, on the demand side, OSS has grown to play new and pervasive roles in contemporary organizations and society. Yet, OSS introduces distinct managerial challenges, prompting a critical reassessment of extant theories. This Professional Development Workshop (PDW) aims to help management scholars reassess and challenge established boundary conditions and design better theories with a particular focus on strategy research, including firm boundaries, knowledge sourcing, corporate strategy, innovation strategy, and strategic human capital, to name a few. Given the increasing importance of OSS in the realm of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the PDW will also pay particular attention to the increasing intersection between OSS and AI.

Submitting your work to attend the first two sections of the PDW (keynote speech and panelist presentations) is not mandatory. Regardless of your type of participation, you will be required to register via a Google Form that will be shared closer to the conference date. The registration and submission deadline is June 30, 2025 (23:59 EDT). Participants who want to take part in the third component of the PDW are required to submit an extended abstract of no more than two pages, excluding references and any charts, graphs, diagrams (etc.) with a font no smaller than 12-point double-spaced. Please enclose the title, author's names, and institutions in the document (accepted format: .docx or .pdf). Due to time constraints, we can only accept a limited number of submissions for roundtable discussion. We will, therefore, select submissions based on their fit with the PDW and quality. We will follow up with a decision regarding the submission after July 10. Please note that as with all AOM program activities, submitting your application implies a commitment to attend and participate in the breakout sessions if accepted. In case of any questions, please do not hesitate to email us at: opensourcesoftwarefrontiers@gmail.com