The value added created by a firm is a widely used figure. Major elements of a firm’s strategy and business model deal with how the firm creates value and brings it to the customer. This paper focuses on a particular measure which has been broadly applied to measure the degree of vertical...

As the information load grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to follow-up new trends in business and management. However, new developments in technologies and markets pose threats and open up opportunities to firms. Especially the software business changes continuously and profoundly. It is...

Due to the economic characteristics specific to the software industry, pricing concepts existing in other industries cannot be transferred without adaptation. Therefore, this article provides an overview of pricing models for software. In this context we discuss the six parameters formation of...

Ökonomische Prinzipien der Software-Industrie: Grundlagen; Softwaremärkte; Netzeffekte auf Softwaremärkten; Software-Entwicklung als Agency-Problem -- Strategien der Software-Industrie: Produktstrategien; Preisstrategien; Distributionsstrategien für Software-Anbieter; Outsourcing und...

A. Allgemeine Grundlagen: Die Spielregeln in der Softwareindustrie -- Ökonomische Prinzipien der Softwareindustrie -- Strategien für Softwareanbieter -- B. Spezielle Themen: Outsourcing und Offshoring der Softwareentwicklung -- Plattformkonzepte -- Software as a Service -- Open Source Software...

Vorwörter -- Teil I: Allgemeine Grundlagen -- 1. Die Spielregeln der Softwareindustrie -- 2. Ökonomische Prinzipien der Softwareindustrie -- 3. Strategien der Softwareanbieter -- Geschäftsmodelle in der Softwareindustrie -- Teil II: Spezielle Themen -- 5. Outsourcing und Offshoring der...

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