PDF《e-Informatica Software Engineering》

s de?nition highlights the di?erence between a startup and a small business, which does not necessarily intend to grow, and conse- quently lacks a scalable business model. Even though sharing common characteris- tics with other types of startups, such as re- source scarcity and a lack of operational his- tory, software startups are often caught up in the wave of technological change frequently hap- pening in software industry, such as new com- puting and network technologies, and an in- creasing variety of computing devices. They also need to use cutting-edge tools and techniques to develop innovative software products and services [16]. All these make software startups challenging endeavours and meanwhile fascinat- ing research phenomena for software engineer- ing researchers and those ........