Current practices and research opportunities in software business models
Jyrki Kontio, Jani‐Pekka Jokinen, Markus M. Mäkelä, Virve Leino · ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes · 2005
This paper discusses the notion of a business model in the context of a software company, reviewing some common definitions for the term and then characterizing businesses according to different types of business models. We will conclude in discussing how different business models affect software engineering decisions and the software product itself.