A Power Perspective on Software Ecosystem Partnerships

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• 关键词：Software ecosystem ; Open business model ; Partnerships ; Power ; Dependence ; Case study ; Software product management
• 刊名：Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：10027
• 期：1
• 页码：69-85
• 全文大小：270 KB
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• 作者单位：George Valença (19)
  Carina Alves (19)
  Slinger Jansen (20)
  
  19. Centro de Informática, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
  20. Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  
• 丛书名：Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
• ISBN：978-3-319-49094-6
• 刊物类别：Computer Science
• 刊物主题：Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
  Computer Communication Networks
  Software Engineering
  Data Encryption
  Database Management
  Computation by Abstract Devices
  Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity
  
• 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN：1611-3349
• 卷排序：10027

文摘

To address today’s market demands for continuous enhancement of systems capabilities, software producing organisations have increasingly formed or joined software ecosystems. In these complex and networked settings, they define partnerships to complement each other’s features, acquire new skills, divide R&D costs and share customers. Such business model entails mutual dependence on companies for survival and effectiveness. It creates a flow of influence among them and makes the ecosystem resemble power-law distributions. Drawing on established concepts from Social and Behavioural Sciences, we performed an exploratory case study of six software companies to investigate their power-dependence relationships in an ecosystem environment. A prime result of this research is showing that it is possible to understand how power and dependence influence the behaviour and coordination of partner firms within a software ecosystem.