Success Secrets of the Software Industry: Management Strategies of 100 Global Software Companies

Author: (German) Hock / et al
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: The software industry is one of the most powerful wealth creators in history. It can be called an extremely successful industry—it has created a large number of jobs, achieved rapid growth, and accelerated product cycles—but failures are also widespread. So, what can we learn from the winners? Based on an examination of over one hundred of the most successful global software companies (ranging from Australia to Zimbabwe) and interviews with four hundred and fifty CEOs, the authors propose a fresh perspective on the factors that influence the success of software industry products and services. They have overturned many widely accepted so-called tenets of software industry success and listed some astonishing new findings. The authors believe that the secret to success lies in the ability to make choices among many important management decisions so as to respond appropriately to rapidly changing market conditions at the right time.