Open Source vs Closed Source Software: Public Policies in the Software Market
This paper analyses the impact of public policies supporting open source software (OSS). Users can be divided between those who know about the existence of OSS, the informed adopters, and the uninformed ones; the presence of uniformed users yields to market failures that justify government intervention
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/cominomanenti.pdf

The Knowledge Ecology of Open-Source Software Projects
In this paper we characterize the processes of knowledge making in open-source software projects as an ecology of agents, artifacts, rules, resources, activities, practices and interactions
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/lanzaramorner.pdf

The Linux Managing Model
This study paper focuses on the distinguishing traits of the Linux managing model. It introduces the concept of process to capture the idea of impermanence, dissolvability and change
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/iannacci2.pdf