Heavy equipment manufacturing firms are increasingly challenged by the integration of
service planning and execution in their established product-centred information systems (IS) …

Purpose This study aims to identify the competencies of small-and medium-sized
enterprises'(SMEs) entrepreneurs in the software sector and the perceived level of …

This paper proposes an approach for modeling and analyzing strategic complementarity in
software businesses. The primary research objective is to develop an approach for …

The Strategic Role of Software Customization Page 1 The Strategic Role of Software
Customization Matthias Bertram Managing Customization-Enabled Software Product …

One of the prevailing views is that technology-based IT assets do not have the potential for
sustainable competitive advantage because they are usually not rare and can be easily …

In the last 40 years, industrial organizations have optimised their production processes
through information technology (IT). Nowadays, manufacturing firms are confronted with …

The partner ecosystem in the software world is constantly evolving and rapidly growing.
Small to medium sized independent software vendors (ISVs) are constantly looking to …

To deal with the dynamic changing environment of the software business, efficient
management of operational processes is required. Firms need to focus on managing critical …

The manufacturing industry is subject to structural economic change reflected in the
constantly rising fraction of industrial services. Being confronted with the strategic challenge …

In customization projects, software vendors transform customer requirements into an IT
solution based on an existing software product. Thus, software is not build from a scratch for …