Published at Harvard Business Review

A & S Software: Evolving Business Models

A case study on “Blue Print software” as a tool to enable the rapid and economical development of software applications.

Authors: Nittala Sreenivasa S. Sharma and Sangeeta Shah Bharadwaj

Product Description

Publication Date: February 03, 2015

Source: Ivey Publishing

The director of A & S Software Group was recalling his entrepreneurial journey. It was in August 2013, and over the past 16 years he had seen the evolution of the company’s flagship product – enterprise resource planning software for educational institutes – and a variety of business models associated with it. While the product strategy evolved through various stages, he had conceptualized Blue Print software as a tool to enable the rapid development of software applications. As he aspired to take his business to the next level, he was searching for answers to the following questions: What are the possible options for improving the flagship product in the coming years? Could it be offered as a service? Does it make sense to take Blue Print software to the market?

Product #: W14677-PDF-ENG

Pages: 12

View Publication on HBR