A PROFILE OF THE SOFTWARE INDU
Emergence, Ascendance, Risks, and Rewards
Published on 16. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
294 pages
978-1-60649-654-1 (ISBN)
Description
Software plays a critical role in today's global information economy. It runs the computers, networks, and devices that enable countless products and services. Software varies in size from vast enterprise and communications systems like the enormous enterprise resource planning system from SAP to the tiny app Angry Birds. This book offers a profile of the software industry and the companies in the industry. It describes the primary products and services produced; reviews its history; explains how the industry is structured; discusses its economics and competitive environment; and examines important trends and issues including globalization, workforce, regulation, and the emergence of new software business models. Software runs the computers and networks that support the flow of information in the global economy, and this book provides a real look at the intricacies of this industry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sterling Forest
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
432 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60649-654-1 (9781606496541)
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Sandra A. Slaughter has a PhD from the University of
Minnesota and is the Alton M. Costley Chair and Professor of
Information Technology Management in the Ernest Scheller
Jr. College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Before joining the college's faculty in 2007, she was a
member of the information technology faculty in the David
A. Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
Prior to her academic career, Slaughter worked in the
software industry with Hewlett-Packard, the Allen-Bradley
division of Rockwell International, and Square D Corporation.
She has published more than 100 articles in research
journals, conference proceedings, and edited books; her
work has won awards; and her research has been supported
by more than $2 million in grants.