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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Economics of information systems and software
  name:
    name part: Veryard, R. (Richard)
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 1991
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (vii, 242 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: The Economics of Information Systems and Software.
  table of contents: 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.
  table of contents: 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.
  table of contents: 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.
  table of contents: 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.
  table of contents: 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.
  note: [edited by] Richard Veryard.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Systems software
    topic: Costs
  subject:
    topic: Management information systems
    topic: Costs
  subject:
    topic: Logiciels de base
    topic: Coût
  subject:
    topic: Systèmes d'information de gestion
    topic: Coût
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
    topic: Industries
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Management information systems
    topic: Costs
  subject:
    topic: Systems software
    topic: Costs
  subject:
    topic: Aufsatzsammlung
  subject:
    topic: Betriebliches Informationssystem
  subject:
    topic: Kosten
  subject:
    topic: Systèmes d'information
    topic: Coût
  classification: QA76.76.S95
  classification: 338.4/300543
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  record info:
    record content source: OPELS
    record creation date: 141020
    record change date: 20260326211129.1
    record identifier: in00005756951
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng