Contractual Versatility in Software Business

This empirical study addresses the problem of how Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS), tailored, and Modified-off-the-Shelf (MOTS) software contracting has been approached, in practice. The focus of the study is on analyzing different contractual characterizations of the three models of software busines...

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Published inIntegration and Innovation Orient to E-Society Volume 1 pp. 274 - 281
Main Authors Warsta, Juhani, Seppänen, Veikko
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, MA Springer US
SeriesIFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing
Subjects
Business Model
Intellectual Property Right
Product Family
Software Company
Software Development Process
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Summary:This empirical study addresses the problem of how Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS), tailored, and Modified-off-the-Shelf (MOTS) software contracting has been approached, in practice. The focus of the study is on analyzing different contractual characterizations of the three models of software business. The empirical part of the study was completed by analyzing twelve software producing companies — eight were Finnish firms established in the Silicon Valley area in the USA and the rest were local Finnish firms with international operations. The research produced a number of practical insights for managing and developing the contracting process.
ISBN:0387754652
9780387754659
ISSN:1868-4238
DOI:10.1007/978-0-387-75466-6_31