The value chain concept disaggregates a firm into the various activities it performs. Abstracting from the firm-level this concept has also been applied to industries as a whole. In this paper we conceptualize a software specific value chain and provide a first proof of concept. Our approach...

The past decade has seen an increasing interest in IT outsourcing as it promises companies many economic benefits. In recent years, IT paradigms, such as Software-as-a-Service or Cloud Computing using third-party services, are increasingly adopted. Current studies show that IT security and data...

In diesem Artikel wird ein multimethodischer Ansatz vorgestellt, der der Abgrenzung und Analyse von Software-Clustern auf Basis volkswirtschaftlicher Daten dient. Zunächst wird im Rahmen eines quantitativen Top-down-Ansatzes das Gründungsgeschehen, die Bruttowertschöpfung sowie die räumliche...

The goal of the German Software Industry Survey is to investigate the current state of the German software industry on a yearly basis. Conclusions are made based on grounded data and empirical findings. We hope that this type of research will contribute to the work of both, practitioners and...