Conflicts in open source business models. I can't imagine a world in which compromise and collaboration could be more important than in an open source business model.
The model itself opens a Pandora's Box of issues that create a minefield that must be navigated on a daily basis and makes those concepts critical to success. Think, for an instance, about a world in which one or many of the possible points of differentiation are freely shared—and some even given away—without condition to parties whose interests are naturally misaligned with yours. The hope is through sharing that the collective community or society will be better served. Delisa Alexander, SVP of People and Brand at Red Hat, offered an interesting read on sharing the open source way.
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10 New Business Models for this Decade. Marketing. BM. Is Facebook keeping you in a political bubble? Does Facebook make it harder for liberals and conservatives to get along?
For years, political scientists have wondered whether the social network’s news feed selectively serves up ideologically charged news while filtering out content from opposite political camps. Now, a study by Facebook's in-house social scientists finds that this does indeed happen, though the effect is very small.