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The effect of generic strategies on software ecosystem health: the case of cryptocurrency ecosystems

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Susanne Boshuis,

Alejandra Pedroza Marchena,

Slinger JansenAuthors Info & Claims

SoHeal '18: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Software Health

Pages 10 - 17

https://doi.org/10.1145/3194124.3194125

Published: 28 May 2018 Publication History

Abstract

Thus far, no research has been done into the effect of business strategies on software ecosystem health. This research aims to fill that gap by combining the Open Source Ecosystem Health Operationalization (OSEHO) and generic strategies. These models are combined and tested on five cases of cryptocurrency ecosystems: Ripple, Ethereum, Litecoin, IOTA and zCash. Findings suggest that the generic strategy Focused Differentiation has the biggest positive impact on ecosystem health. Further research is necessary to see if this is also true for more mature and more stable ecosystems.

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The effect of generic strategies on software ecosystem health: the case of cryptocurrency ecosystems
1. Social and professional topics
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    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Software system structures

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SoHeal '18: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Software Health

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DOI:10.1145/3194124

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University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
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