There has been a growing interest in open-source innovation and collaborative software development ecosystems in recent years, particularly in industries dominated by intellectual property and proprietary practices. However, consortiums engaged in these collaborative efforts often face difficulties in effectively balancing the competing dynamics of trust and power. Collaborative knowledge creation is pivotal in ensuring long-term sustainability of the ecosystem; knowledge sharing can take place by steering trust judgments toward fostering reciprocity. Drawing on a longitudinal case study of the Open Subsurface Data Universe ecosystem, we investigate the intricate interplay between trust and power and its pivotal influence on ecosystem governance. Our investigation charts the trajectory of trust and power institutionalization and reveals how it synergistically contributes to the emergence of comprehensive hybrid governance strategies. We make the following two contributions to extant research. First, we elucidate a perspective on the conceptual interplay between power and trust, conceiving these notions as mutual substitutes and complements. Together, they synergistically foster the institutionalization and dynamic governance processes in open-source ecosystems. Second, we contribute to the governance literature by emphasizing the significance of viewing governance as a configuration of institutionalization processes and highlighting the creation of hybrid forms of governance in complex innovation initiatives.

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开源生态系统中的制度复杂性和治理：石油和天然气行业的案例研究


近年来，人们对开源创新和协作软件开发生态系统越来越感兴趣，特别是在以知识产权和专有实践为主的行业。然而，参与这些协作努力的联盟在有效平衡信任和权力的竞争动态方面常常面临困难。协作知识创造对于确保生态系统的长期可持续性至关重要；可以通过引导信任判断促进互惠来实现知识共享。通过对开放地下数据宇宙生态系统的纵向案例研究，我们研究了信任与权力之间复杂的相互作用及其对生态系统治理的关键影响。我们的调查描绘了信任和权力制度化的轨迹，并揭示了它如何协同促进综合混合治理策略的出现。我们对现有研究做出以下两项贡献。首先，我们阐明了权力与信任之间概念相互作用的观点，将这些概念视为相互替代和补充。它们共同促进开源生态系统的制度化和动态治理流程。其次，我们通过强调将治理视为制度化过程的配置的重要性，并强调在复杂的创新举措中创建混合形式的治理，对治理文献做出了贡献。