An Investigation of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats in the Business Dimension for Developers in Mobile Software Ecosystems
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Mobile Sotware Ecosystems, Business Factors, Empirical StudiesAbstract
Mobile Software Ecosystems (MSECO) are those in which developers interact to create mobile applications to address the users' demands. In this study, we aimed to identify how the business dimension can affect the decision on the participation of an ecosystem or in developers' career. Consequently, we conducted the following studies: i) A Systematic Mapping Study to identify those business factors; ii) a Field Study to verify how such factors influence the developers' decisions regarding their participation in an MSECO; and iii) another Field Study with evangelists to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that the ecosystem business dimension brings to developers. As a result, 12 factors have been identified. Such factors can drive developers on the understading of how each factor can affect developers' participation as well as the biggest strenghts, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the business dimension of an MSECO.
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