This book contains the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software
Business ICSOB 2016 held in Ljubljana Slovenia in June 2016. Software business refers to
commercial activities in and around the software industry aimed at generating income from the
delivery of software products and services. The theme of the event was Software as a New Way of
Providing Cutting-edge Solutions. The 10 full and 5 short papers for ICSOB were selected from
38 submissions. The papers span a wide range of issues related to contemporary software
business ranging from strategic aspects to operational challenges. The strong presence of
software ecosystem papers confirms the importance of this topic and influence on software
business. In addition a short abstract of the key note by Peter Lick and Hans-Bernd Kittlaus
is also included.
