Companies that develop and own software often have the need to communicate the business value of their software in a meaningful way. The question “what’s your software worth” often arises in many different contexts, such as when acquirers/investors are interested in assessing their options, licensees desire a reasonable exclusive royalty/license price, or stockholders look to measure the company’s management performance, to name just a few. When considering the value context of software, it is important to include all appropriate elements of value in the assessment and include all the software product components.

Rules Of The Road: Valuing Commercialized Software-Based Technology

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