- Authors:
- Peter Buxmann,
- Heiner Diefenbach,
- Thomas Hess
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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- The Software Industry: Economic Principles, Strategies, Perspectives
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Reviews
Harekrishna Misra
Software has become a commodity that can face competition, be quality tested and certified, and support user-centered services on demand. This book describes these aspects, the challenges the industry has faced, and the way the industry has responded to user demands. It especially highlights the contributions of the software industry in the software applications development area; discusses the product orientation of software, market-oriented service and support, and the evolution of standards and protocols; and maps the stages of evolution in computing platforms and architectures. I was disappointed to note the omission of some of the challenging tasks that the software industry is currently grappling with. One of these omissions relates to the so-called digital divide that the world is facing today. Perhaps the software industry is expected to respond to this challenge collectively, with contributions from stakeholders in the software industry, including academics, researchers, developers, architects, businesses, and service providers. Despite the increasing evolution of the industry, it has not yet successfully bridged this divide. It will take efforts in many areas-the development of user-centered designs, open-source software, extreme programming tools, web tools, software as a service and its variants, and cloud computing-to bridge this widening gap. Another omission relates to the contributions of the software industry across sectors in terms of consistent metrics and measurements. The authors could have provided some insights into the life cycle of the software industry and future paths it is likely to follow. A good reference on the software industry, this book will be appreciated by practitioners, academics, researchers, students, and programmers. Online Computing Reviews Service
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