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Economics of information systems and software
1 online resource (vii, 242 pages) : illustrations
The Economics of Information Systems and Software.
Front Cover; The Economics of Information Systems and Software; Coptright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction: Value and values; Importance of economics; Information; Software; Exchange; Technological progress; Software flexibility; Productivity; Piracy; National policy; Future work; Acknowledgements; References; Section I: Software business; Chapter 2. Mapping strategies for software businesses; Materiality: production, costs, and prices; Materiality and consumption; Immateriality: reproduction, costs, and pricing; Immateriality and reconsumption; Hardware products.
Software productsDemand uncertainty; Economics of networking and switching costs; Culture and convergence; Conclusions; References; Bibliography; Chapter 3. Scientific information as an economic category; Introduction; Special economic properties of information; Information products and information services; Ownership of information; Value (worth) of information; Pricing information; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. Advertising to finance software: the feasibility of soapware; Theoretical propositions; Proposed solution; Possible responses; Pilot study; Results; Discussion.
AcknowledgementsReferences; Chapter 5. Perspectives on East-West relations in economics and information; CMEA directions; Knowledge on Eastern European information services; Online information policies; Patents; GDR information institutes; GDR databases; Local databases; Beyond the GDR; East-West relations; References; Section II: Evaluation of benefits; Chapter 6. The evaluation of information systems: a critique; Introduction; Research on information systems; Evaluation research; Evaluation of information systems; Social evaluation research; References.
Chapter 7. Cost-benefit analysis for MIS expenditures using models developed for justifying research and development expendituresIntroduction; Evolution of MIS cost-benefit analysis; Help from other disciplines; Comparison of R & D with MIS cost-benefit analysis; Problems of measurement; R & D models suitable for MIS; Conclusion; References; Section III: Project costs and management; Chapter 8. Software costing in practice; Introduction; Cost-estimation model concepts; Features of particular software costing models; Scope of empirical costing survey; Empirical studies of cost-estimation models.
ObservationsAcknowledgement; References; Chapter 9. Calibrating a software cost-estimation model: why and how; Need for calibration; Price SP; Expert system as an aid; Conclusions and recommendations; References; Chapter 10. Economics of software project management in Tunisia: basic TUCOMO; Survey; Hardcopy survey; Data analysis; Results; Conclusion: summary assessment and prospects; References; Chapter 11. Are software cost-estimation models accurate?; Selection of estimation models; Objectives; Experimental design; Results; Conclusions; References.
Includes bibliographical references and index.