| June 21-23 2010, Jyväskylä, Finland | info@icsob.org |
The First International Conference on Software Business
The inaugural International Conference on Software Business will be held on June 21.-23. 2010 at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The ICSOB 2010 conference brings together researchers interested in the software industry, with a specific focus on the business of software.
Important remarks from the program chairs
- Online version of conference proceedings (LNBIP 51) is available. (link)
- Slides accompanying keynote talks can be downloaded. (link)
- Slides accompanying keynote talks can be downloaded. (link)
- Please, express your opinion about the conference. (link)
- The SW Business Innovation Track will be streamed online. (link)
- Program of the Software Business Innovation Track is available. (link)
- To help the practical arrangements, registration before May 17th is adviced. (link)
- Submission deadline for the Software Business Innovation Track is approaching. (link)
- SAP AG and Tieto Corporation to sponsor the conference. (link, link)
- Scientific program updated for the main track, see a list of accepted papers. (link)
- Third keynote by Dr. Karl Michael Popp added. (link)
- Meeting on International Software Industry Survey Initiative added to the program. (link)
Conference proceedings
Conference proceedings have been published by Springer as a volume in Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing series (LNBIP 51), which is now available online. You can find information about it at http://www.springeronline.com/978-3-642-13632-0 or access the online version at http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-13632-0/.
Relevant topics
The conference is addressing contemporary issues emerging in the intersection of software and business domains. The topics of interest for the conference include, but not limited to:
- Business in Cloud, SaaS, PaaS and managed services
- Business models and strategies of software vendors
- Revenue generation models based on advertisements, subscriptions, packaged software, professional services
- Resource-based view and competence in software business
- Internationalization of software firms, International outsourcing
- Vertical software markets, Impact of industry evolution
- IPR, copyrights, innovation management and software assets
- Dominant design, open and closed interfaces and standards
- Open source software business
- Software ecosystems: networks, ecologies and communities
- Internal software business processes, product pricing, product management, product life-cycles and product-lines
- Operational efficiency, lean enterprise and competitive advantage
- Quality and benchmarking
- Domain engineering for software business
- Measuring and competing with user experience, security and green software
- Software business management
- Cases in software business
Best Paper Award
Out of the accepted full papers, a set of best paper nominees is selected by the chairs based on reviewers's scores and recommendations. A team of independent reviewers will rank these papers and the Tieto Best Paper Award will be given during the conference.
Software Business Innovation Track (SBIT)
The Software Business Innovation Track is intended for sharing practical industry experiences and innovations in the area of software business. The track will consist of short presentations, discussions and a panel which will be streamed online.
Presentations for the track are selected based on submitted proposals, and these will be published in electronic format on the ICSOB 2010 website. Please proceed to Industrial Track (SBIT) page for the proram of the track.
Conference Participants Survey
Conference participants are highly regarded guests of the city of Jyväskylä. The service providers such as hotels, restaurants, event and programme organizers in co-operation with Jyväskylä Convention Bureau, are interested to know how you have enjoyed your visit in our city. By answering this survey and sharing your opinions with us, you can help to make the conference services in Jyväskylä better.
We would therefore highly appreciate, if you could participate in this short survey by answering the questions available at the following link.
Conference Officers
General Chair:
Michael A. Cusumano, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA
Program Chairs:
Pasi Tyrväinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Slinger Jansen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Steering Committee:
Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Sjaak Brinkkemper, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Pekka Abrahamsson, University of Helsinki, Finland