Valuation of Network Effects in Software Markets A Complex Networks Approach /

• Main Author: Kemper, Andreas. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2010.
• Series: Contributions to Management Science,
• Subjects: Economics.; Finance.; Banks and banking.; Economics/Management Science.; Finance /Banking.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Quantitative Finance.; Financial Economics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2367-7

The customer base is an important value driver of software companies and a reliable prediction of its development is fundamental for investment decisions. A particularity in software markets is that an individuals purchasing decision is often influenced by other users choices. Although such custom...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Introduction
• Part II: Valuation in Modern Software Markets
• Part III: Modeling Network Effects in Software Markets
• Part IV: Modeling Customer Networks from a Complex Networks Perspective
• Part V: Summary, Implications, Limitations, and Outlook.