LEADER 02790nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910438068503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-63135-0 010 $a9786613943804 010 $a3-642-31510-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-31510-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000253952 035 $a(EBL)1030471 035 $a(OCoLC)810448918 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000767190 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11511288 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000767190 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10739562 035 $a(PQKB)11491904 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-642-31510-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1030471 035 $a(PPN)16831956X 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000253952 100 $a20120724d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe software industry $eeconomic principles, strategies, perspectives /$fPeter Buxmann, Heiner Diefenbach, Thomas Hess 210 $aNew York $cSpringer$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-642-31509-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Basics -- pt. 2. Specific issues. 330 $aWhether 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. 606 $aComputer software industry 615 0$aComputer software industry. 676 $a001.64/25/02373 676 $a001.642502373 676 $a005.10688 700 $aBuxmann$b Peter$f1964-$01064491 701 $aDiefenback$b Heiner$01064492 701 $aHess$b Thomas$0159921 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438068503321 996 $aThe software industry$92538455 997 $aUNINA