The Software Industry

The Software Industry
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 229
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ISBN-10 : 9783642315091
ISBN-13 : 3642315097
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Book Synopsis The Software Industry by : Peter Buxmann

Download or read book The Software Industry written by Peter Buxmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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