Software ecosystems : analyzing and managing business networks in the software industry / edited by Slinger Jansen; Michael A. Cusumano ; Sjaak Brinkkemper.
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TextPublication details: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2013.Description: xii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN: - 9781781955628
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Summary
"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.
Contents
Introduction to software ecosystems -- Business network management -- Visualization and analysis of software ecosystems.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS
List of contributors
Foreword
Introduction
PART I INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE ECOSYSTEMS
1 Defining software ecosystems: a survey of software platforms and business network governance
2 Business network management as a survival strategy
3 Guiding principles of natural ecosystems and their applicability to software ecosystems
4 A systematic mapping study on software ecosystems from a three- dimensional perspective
PART II BUSINESS NETWORK MANAGEMENT
5 Managing software ecosystems through partnering 6 The challenge of heterogeneously- licensed systems in open architecture software ecosystems7 Framing management practices for keystones in platform ecosystems
8 Architectural openness: comparing five mobile platform architectures
9 The open software enterprise model: how open is my software business?
10 Quality review and approval methods for extensions in software ecosystems
PART III VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF SOFTWARE ECOSYSTEMS
11 Measuring the health of a business ecosystem
12 Analyzing ecosystems for open source software developer communities 13 Open source ecosystems: a tale of two cases14 The technological roadmap of Cisco's business ecosystem
15 Unraveling Ruby ecosystem dynamics: a quantitative network analysis
Index
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