January 16, 2019 Project deliverable Open Access

Goldbeck, Gerhard; Simperler, Alexandra

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{
  "publisher": "Zenodo", 
  "DOI": "10.5281/zenodo.2541723", 
  "language": "eng", 
  "title": "Business Models and Sustainability for Materials Modelling Software", 
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2019, 
        1, 
        16
      ]
    ]
  }, 
  "abstract": "<p>Successful software for materials modelling has an expected lifetime of many decades. This long-term nature requires a sound legal and business foundation: the ownership of software must be clearly established and the license models need to be carefully thought through to ensure a sustainable development and maintenance of the software and impactful exploitation by both academic and industrial end-users. Different business models carefully need to be considered when developing a strategy for long term sustainability of software and sustainment of the operation.<br>\nAs background, the White Paper provides an overview of materials modelling software market, considering different segmentations&nbsp; and briefly discusses market dynamics.&nbsp;<br>\nFurthermore, the fundamental aspects of software sustainability and sustainment are described. Business models are discussed, with a detailed analysis of different revenue models. Emerging business models including digital marketplaces are considered.<br>\nThe status of materials modelling software is presented with respect to different sustainment attributes (Users and Communities, Product Management, Software development and maintenance, Revenue Generation). The findings are based on a workshop and surveys carried out by the EMMC during 2018. Finally, the thoughts and recommendations shared by Software Owners (SWOs) during the evidence gathering are summarised.</p>", 
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Goldbeck, Gerhard"
    }, 
    {
      "family": "Simperler, Alexandra"
    }
  ], 
  "type": "report", 
  "id": "2541723"
}