This book examines the current massive changes in the software product industry on the basis of business model changes affecting six software products, and proposes a generic framework for business model innovation. Due to the combined effects of globalization, new market expectations and IT consumerization, the software industry has been experiencing a period of fundamental and rapid change. Achieving agility and the ability to innovate has now become vital, thus forcing organizations to create immense potential for innovating their business models.
Proprietary and open source software (OSS) licensing represent the two extreme ends of the spectrum that could be used to build the business model of a software product. Given the changed face of the software product industry, successful software product vendors are innovating their business models by adopting a variety of combinations of these unilateral and new business models. However, these innovations also pose a number of challenges. The book examines these challenges in the context of several software product case studies in which companies successfully (or in some cases, less successfully) met these challenges and changed their business models.
Focusing on the major issues related to business models in the software product industry, the book is targeted for a variety of readers: software entrepreneurs/start-ups, software product industry professionals, academics and students. Though the industry and technologies are changing rapidly, the issues addressed here are fundamental and will remain important ones for the foreseeable future.
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Author: Kul Bhushan C. Saxena; Swanand J. Deodhar; Mikko Ruohonen Publisher: Springer India ISBN: 9788132236528 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: October 2016 165 pages
Few are prepared for managing across cultures, and the costs of cultural blind spots can spin out of controlfrom lawsuits to lost opportunities. Forged in the fire of clashing cultures and living on four continents, Dr. Zweifel developed a fool-proof methodology for managing successfully across borders. And post-9/11, the Arab Spring and the BRICS emerging markets, e-commerce and social networks have made this updated and expanded edition of Culture Clash indispensible. Culture Clash 2 is not another Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands. Such protocol-laden works on whether to bring wine to a dinner in Singapore or how many times to kiss in France might have their uses, but non-compliance with local etiquette has rarely been a deal-breaker. What has derailed international business is the inability of managers to see the world from their counterpart’s point of view, read between the lines, and decode the mind-set of the other side.
Author: Thomas D. Zweifel Publisher: SelectBooks, Inc. ISBN: 9781590791295 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: July 2013 192 pages
For every frazzled bride who is overwhelmed by all the questions she must answer and befuddled by the countless decisions she must make, this handy, practical guide is a lifesaver. Completely updated, this edition gives advice on today’s complicated wedding issues such as How can I let guests know about my wedding website? When should I mail save-the-date cards? and How do I seat divorced and remarried parents at the ceremony and reception? Designed for ease of use, this guide provides accesible answers to bride-to-be questions and explains how to adapt traditional etiquette to modern behavior. Covering a wide range of topicsfrom engagement announcements through the wedding reception and thank-you cardsit answers the most commonly asked etiquette questions and ensures a fun and stress-free wedding.
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Author: Pamela A. Lach Publisher: Chicago Review Press ISBN: 9781569762943 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: April 2009 200 pages
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Emilio Casetti; John Paul Jones III Publisher: Taylor and Francis ISBN: 9781134966257 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: August 2003 312 pages
This book explains the institutionalization of nearly unconditional American support of Israel during the Reagan administration, and its persistence in the first Bush administration in terms of the competition of belief systems in American society and politics.
Michael Thomas explains policy changes over time and provides insights into what circumstances might lead to lasting changes in policy. The volume identifies the important domestic, social, religious and political elements that have vied for primacy on policy towards Israel, and using case studies, such as the 1981 AWACS sale and the 1991 loan guarantees, argues that policy debates have been struggles to embed and enforce beliefs about Israel and about Arabs. It also establishes a framework for better understanding the influences and constraints on American policy towards Israel. An epilogue applies the lessons learned to the current Bush administration.
American Policy toward Israel will be of interest to students of US foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics and international relations.
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Author: Michael Thomas Publisher: Taylor and Francis ISBN: 9781135983444 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release:
Mit zahlreichen Beispielen sowie Aufgaben plus Lösungen
Das Buch vermittelt einen grundlegenden und praktischen Einstieg in die Lebensversicherungsmathematik. Es ist einerseits mathematisch stringent und andererseits praktisch anschaulich. Dadurch wird eine intuitive und sichere Einführung in die versicherungsmathematische Analyse von klassischen Lebensversicherungsprodukten ermöglicht. Eine Vielzahl praktischer Beispiele, Abbildungen und Anwendungen macht das Buch anschaulich und interessant.
Mit der vorliegenden zweiten Auflage wurden eine gründliche Überarbeitung sowie eine umfangreiche Erweiterung vorgenommen. Insbesondere wurden die einschlägigen Gesetzesnovellen für die versicherungsmathematische Praxis berücksichtigt. Außerdem wurden 90 Aufgaben mit Lösungen in das Buch aufgenommen.
Author: Karl Michael Ortmann Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden ISBN: 9783658102005 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: October 2015 466 pages
Bad thoughts that won’t go away…repetitive actions…feelings of guilt and shame…
Are you overwhelmed by a need to “get it right”? Do continual “what-ifs” prevent you from making decisions? Do you check again and again to see if the door is locked? Are your thoughts and habits causing you anxiety, guilt, or shame?
If so, you’re not alone. You may be suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, a very specific and largely biochemical problem that affects over 5 million Americans. Now this compassionate, informative guide helps you break the tyranny of obsession and compulsions, providing the latest facts on why OCD occurs, its symptoms, and the breakthrough treatments that can dramatically improve the lives of OCD sufferers. Find out about:
How to determine if you have OCD–and whether your problem is severe enough to warrant professional help
How diet, stress, and other lifestyle conditions can trigger the symptoms of OCD
The two most highly effective forms of treatment–and how to decide what’s best for you
The latest news in alternative therapies, including yoga, biofeedback, and herbal therapy, plus cutting-edge research that promises freedom from the chains of OCD forever
From the Paperback edition.
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Author: Lynn Shackman; Shelagh Masline Publisher: Random House Publishing Group ISBN: 9780307425560 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: September 2009 209 pages
Provides comprehensive coverage of the most recent developments in the theory of non-Archimedean pseudo-differential equations and its application to stochastics and mathematical physics–offering current methods of construction for stochastic processes in the field of p-adic numbers and related structures. Develops a new theory for parabolic equations over non-Archimedean fields in relation to Markov processes.
‘An excellent book from start to finish, this story chronicles one year in the life of an autistic eleven-year-old-boy. Written with candor and honesty by Nicholas’ mother, Jennifer, the diary touches on the bad days as well as the good. It also sheds light on the toll that raising an autistic child can take on a parent, as well as the obstacles and milestones that Nicholas meets along the way… the faith, hope and love that the Overton’s have is reflective in every page. Because this book is written by the parent of an autistic child as opposed to a physician or counselor, the reader is more able to fully absorb what life is like for the Overton’s. A must-read for any parent or family member who has or knows a child who is autistic.’- Metapsychology The various responsibilities and rewards that accompany parenthood provoke strong emotions, and with an autistic child, these feelings are often both heightened and contradictory. Starting and ending on the eve of her son’s birthday, the date that also marks the anniversary of his diagnosis, Jennifer Overton uses the key calendar events in the year to discuss the roller coaster of emotions that accompany life with her autistic son Nicholas. Among many episodes, she describes the disappointment on her wedding anniversary as she realizes that Nicholas may never marry, the frustration on Mother’s Day that comes from parenting a child without hugs and kisses, and the fear on his first day at school that while she may love him unconditionally, the wider world may not be so sympathetic. Using dialogue, narrative, letters and pictures, this book is a powerful account of what it is like to mother an autistic child, which puts a much-needed human face to autism amid all the overwhelming myths and facts that surround it.
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Author: Jennifer Overton Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 9781846423970 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: March 2003 224 pages
From “the Queen of Scandinavian crime fiction” (Henning Mankell), the latest installment in the internationally bestselling series starring investigative reporter Annika Bengtzon.
The inspiration for the hit film series, Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter, now available on Netflix.
HOW FAR WILL A MADMAN GO TO ATTAIN THE ULTIMATE PRIZE?
In the midst of a brutal Scandinavian winter, a member of the Nobel Prize committee is gunned down in the city of Stockholm.
Reporter Annika Bengtzon, who made eye contact with the killer just seconds before the shots were fired, is the key witness. Because of the sensitivity of the crime, police issue a gag order on her immediately—and she is forced to figure out on her own why an American assassin known only as “the Kitten” ordered the hit. With her marriage falling to pieces and her job on the line, Annika quickly finds herself in the middle of a violent story of terror and death, the roots of which date back centuries. The research all leads her to the same man: a rich and famous industrialist responsible for one of the world’s most coveted gifts, who died a tragic and mysterious death. If Annika wants to learn the truth, she risks uncovering secrets that some will do anything to protect.
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