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Software ecosystem modeling: the value chains

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Slinger Jansen,

Sjaak BrinkkemperAuthors Info & Claims

MEDES '13: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems

Pages 17 - 24

https://doi.org/10.1145/2536146.2536167

Published: 28 October 2013 Publication History

Abstract

The software ecosystem is providing a new way of interpreting the software industry. Primarily, software ecosystem modeling, one of the most studied areas in the software ecosystem domain, is an emerging field. However, modeling software ecosystems present several challenges: (a) How can value chains be identified in an ecosystem? (b) What are the typical roles that an actor plays in an ecosystem? (c) How can a boundary in an ecosystem be described?

To capture the ecosystem of the Dutch software industry, we performed forty-two case studies. This work enhanced the software supply network diagram to define the proposed diagrams of an ecosystem within this industry. We determined eight value chain models that can be used to identify typical roles that an actor plays in an ecosystem.

We observed that most, if not all software producing organizations are hybrid companies in that they fill multiple roles in the value chains. The resulting models enable ones to identify actors and their roles quickly in an ecosystem. Moreover, they facilitate further understanding of the elemental business models and value chains. As such, this work provides an elementary step towards a software ecosystem modeling language.

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1. Computing methodologies
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    1. Model development and analysis

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MEDES '13: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems

October 2013

358 pages

ISBN:9781450320047

DOI:10.1145/2536146

Conference Chairs:
Latif Ladid
University of Luxembourg Interdisciplinary Center for Security, Luxembourg
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Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato Archer, Brazil
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Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria
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CNR, Italy
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UPPA University, France

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