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Illuminating a Blind Spot in Digitalization - Software Development in Sweden's Private and Public Sector

Borg, Markus LU ; Wernberg, Joakim LU ; Olsson, Thomas LU ; Franke, Ulrik and Andersson, Martin (2020) 42nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops, ICSEW 2020 In Proceedings - 2020 IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops, ICSEW 2020 p.299-302
Abstract

As Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen famously remarked in 2011, software is eating the world - becoming a pervasive invisible critical infrastructure. Data on the distribution of software use and development in society is scarce, but we compile results from two novel surveys to provide a fuller picture of the role software plays in the public and private sectors in Sweden, respectively. Three out of ten Swedish firms, across industry sectors, develop software in-house. The corresponding figure for Sweden's government agencies is four out of ten, i.e., the public sector should not be underestimated. The digitalization of society will continue, thus the demand for software developers will further increase. Many private firms report that... (More)

As Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen famously remarked in 2011, software is eating the world - becoming a pervasive invisible critical infrastructure. Data on the distribution of software use and development in society is scarce, but we compile results from two novel surveys to provide a fuller picture of the role software plays in the public and private sectors in Sweden, respectively. Three out of ten Swedish firms, across industry sectors, develop software in-house. The corresponding figure for Sweden's government agencies is four out of ten, i.e., the public sector should not be underestimated. The digitalization of society will continue, thus the demand for software developers will further increase. Many private firms report that the limited supply of software developers in Sweden is directly affecting their expansion plans. Based on our findings, we outline directions that need additional research to allow evidence-informed policy-making. We argue that such work should ideally be conducted by academic researchers and national statistics agencies in collaboration.

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policy-making, public sector, software business, survey
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Proceedings - 2020 IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops, ICSEW 2020
series title
Proceedings - 2020 IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops, ICSEW 2020
pages
4 pages
publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
conference name
42nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops, ICSEW 2020
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Seoul, Korea, Republic of
conference dates
2020-06-27 - 2020-07-19
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  • scopus:85093123210
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9781450379632
DOI
10.1145/3387940.3392213
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English
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  author       = {{Borg, Markus and Wernberg, Joakim and Olsson, Thomas and Franke, Ulrik and Andersson, Martin}},
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  series       = {{Proceedings - 2020 IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops, ICSEW 2020}},
  title        = {{Illuminating a Blind Spot in Digitalization - Software Development in Sweden's Private and Public Sector}},
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