:Open-Source Software: How the Stock Market Views It
Open-Source Software: How the Stock Market Views It May 12, 2008, 12 :45 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (3468 reads) (Other stories by Oliver Alexy)
"Over the past decade, companies have been experimenting with a radical concept: openness. Instead of keeping proprietary information close to the vest, they make it available to anyone who wants it, usually free of charge...
"But does giving ideas away help--or hurt--the company's stock price? Will investors reward openness by driving up the company's shares--or punish it by knocking the stock down...?"
