National Software Strategy for Scotland : Scotland's Potential In Software : The Potential for Increased Scottish Supply

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Product Development

“Shrink wrapped” applications are the highest growth and profitability segments within software. However, firms looking to productise face barriers in the form of costs and additional and different skills requirements. This is exacerbated by the financial constraints outlined above.

Furthermore, Scotland lacks a wide range of firms that are willing to act as software product test sites. This further inhibits product development as potential suppliers face going outside the country to properly test potential products - at added cost.

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