The Software Industry Economic Principles, Strategies, Perspectives /

• Main Authors: Buxmann, Peter. (Author), Diefenbach, Heiner. (Author), Hess, Thomas. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Economics.; Software engineering.; Industrial management.; Management information systems.; Economics/Management Science.; Management/Business for Professionals.; Business Information Systems.; Innovation/Technology Management.; e-Commerce/e-business.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31510-7

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...

Table of Contents:

• A. Background: How the software industry works
• Economic principles at work in the software industry
• Software vendor strategies
• B. Specific Issues: Outsourcing and offshoring of software development
• Platform concepts
• Software as a Service. 7. Open source software.