Business Aspects of Web Services

• Main Authors: Weinhardt, Christof (Author), Blau, Benjamin (Author), Conte, Tobias (Author), Filipova-Neumann, Lilia (Author), Meinl, Thomas (Author), Michalk, Wibke (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; E-commerce.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computer mathematics.; Microeconomics.; Computer Science.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; IT in Business.; Mathematical Applications in Computer Science.; e-Commerce/e-business.

Driven by maturing Web service technologies and the wide acceptance of the service-oriented architecture paradigm, the software industry’s traditional business models and strategies have begun to change: software vendors are turning into service providers. In addition, in the Web service market, a m...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I Web Service Business Models
• Services vs.Web Services
• Service Value Networks
• Business Models
• Part II Web Service Pricing
• Pricing Foundations and Implications on Web Service Pricing
• Pricing Strategies for Platform Providers
• Coordination and Pricing in Service Value Networks – A Mechanism Design Approach
• Web Services Advanced Reservation Contracts
• The Vision of Web Service Markets.