This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8^th International Conference on Software Business, ICSOB 2017, held in Essen, Germany, in June 2017.

The 11 full papers and 5 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: software startups and platform governance; software business development; software ecosystems and App stores. 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8^th International Conference on Software Business, ICSOB 2017, held in Essen, Germany, in June 2017.

The 11 full papers and 5 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: software startups and platform governance; software business development; software ecosystems and App stores. 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8^th International Conference on Software Business, ICSOB 2017, held in Essen, Germany, in June 2017.

The 11 full papers and 5 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: software startups and platform governance; software business development; software ecosystems and App stores.