Software ecosystems
Subtitle: analyzing and managing business networks in the software industry
By: edited by Slinger Jansen, Assistant Professor of Organization and Information, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Sjaak Brinkkemper, Professor of Organization and Information, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Michael A. Cusumano, Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA
Publisher: Edward Elgar; Brand: Edward Elgar Pub; Edward Elgar Publishing; Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781781955628; 9781781955635
Subjects: Computer software; Development; Computer software industry
Description: "This is the first book of its kind dedicated to this emerging field and offers guidelines on how to analyze software ecosystems; methods for managing and growing; methods on transitioning from a closed software organization to an open one; and instruments for dealing with open source, licensing issues, product management and app stores. It is unique in bringing together industry experiences, academic views and tackling challenges such as the definition of fundamental concepts of software ecosystems, describing those forces that influence its development and lifecycles, and the provision of methods for the governance of software ecosystems."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to software ecosystems; title: Business network management; title: Visualization and analysis of software ecosystems.