Software Ecosystems: Analyzing and Managing Business Networks in the Software Industry

by Michael A. Cusumano, Sjaak Brinkkemper, Slinger Jansen

This book describes the state-of-the-art of software ecosystems. It constitutes a fundamental step towards an empirically based, nuanced understanding of the implications for management, governance, and control of software ecosystems. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782540970
• ISBN13: 9781782540977
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 360 Pages