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20182023
most citedLean Internal Startups for Software Product Innovation in Large Companies: Enablers and Inhibitors

64 citations · 88 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cs.SE2023

Software Startups -- A Research Agenda

Michael Unterkalmsteiner, Pekka Abrahamsson, Xiaofeng Wang +24

Software startup companies develop innovative, software-intensive products within limited time frames and with few resources, searching for sustainable and scalable business models…

cs.SE2023

How Many Papers Should You Review? A Research Synthesis of Systematic Literature Reviews in Software Engineering

Xiaofeng Wang, Henry Edison, Dron Khanna +1

[Context] Systematic Literature Review (SLR) has been a major type of study published in Software Engineering (SE) venues for about two decades. However, there is a lack of underst…

cs.SE2022

Work-from-home and its implication for project management, resilience and innovation -- a global survey on software companies

Anh Nguyen-Duc, Dron Khanna, Des Greer +16

[Context] The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disruptive impact on how people work and collaborate across all global economic sectors, including the software business. While remote wor…

cs.SE2021★ 9 cited

Business Model Canvas Should Pay More Attention to the Software Startup Team

Kai-Kristian Kemell, Atte Elonen, Mari Suoranta +12

Business Model Canvas (BMC) is a tool widely used to describe startup business models. Despite the various business aspects described, BMC pays a little emphasis on team-related fa…

cs.SE2019★ 4 cited

Product Innovation through Internal Startup in Large Software Companies: a Case Study

Henry Edison, Xiaofeng Wang, Pekka Abrahamsson

Product innovation is a risky activity, but when successful, it enables large software companies accrue high profits and leapfrog the competition. Internal startups have been promo…

cs.CY2018★ 64 cited

Lean Internal Startups for Software Product Innovation in Large Companies: Enablers and Inhibitors

Henry Edison, Nina M. Smørsgård, Xiaofeng Wang +1

To compete in this age of disruption, large companies cannot rely on cost efficiency, lead time reduction and quality improvement. They are now looking for ways to innovate like st…

cs.SE2018★ 11 cited

Innovation Initiatives in Large Software Companies: A Systematic Mapping Study

Henry Edison, Xiaofeng Wang, Ronald Jabangwe +1

To keep the competitive advantage and adapt to changes in the market and technology, companies need to innovate in an organised, purposeful and systematic manner. However, due to t…