MySQL™: The World’s Most Popular Open Source Database 24 Three Modes of Production • Individuals order their productive activities 1. as employees in firms, following the directions of managers 2. as individuals in markets, following price signals • and now, also 3. as groups of individuals in the world, following diverse motivational drives and social signals (rather than either market prices or managerial commands), successfully collaborating on largescale projects • This third form of production has been dubbed “commons-based peer production” See research papers by Ronald Coase, Oliver Williamson (for items 1 and 2), and Yochai Benkler (for item 3). Copyright 2003 MySQL AB