The software industry economic principles, strategies, perspectives

Whether ERP software, office applications, open-source products or online games: In terms of its economic characteristics, software differs fundamentally from industrial goods or services. Based on the economic principles and rules of the software industry, the book reveals strategies and business m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Buxmann, Peter, 1964- (-)
Otros Autores: Diefenback, Heiner, Hess, Thomas
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer 2013.
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Sumario:Whether ERP software, office applications, open-source products or online games: In terms of its economic characteristics, software differs fundamentally from industrial goods or services. Based on the economic principles and rules of the software industry, the book reveals strategies and business models to software vendors that comprise cooperation, distribution, pricing and production and industrialization strategies, as well as software as a service and platform concepts. Further aspects including the outsourcing behavior of software vendors and users; providing business software as open source software; selecting software; and the value chains in the software industry are also addressed. Based on a number of expert meetings, it contains numerous case studies and new empirical findings. Target audience of the book are professionals and executives from the software, consulting and IT branches as well as students and scholars of business administration, computer science, business and industrial engineering.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (228 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781283631358
9786613943804
9783642315107