Leveraging External Resources
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Mendeley is a software tool created by 17 researchers and developers that helps researchers manage, share, and discover academic knowledge. It allows them to install desktop and web apps to build a profile of their research interests over time by keeping track of research papers and getting recommendations. The company was founded to leverage different resources like open source components, APIs from other services, and skills from external developers to help researchers in their work.
Leveraging External Resources
- 1. wants to help researchers manage, share, and discover academic knowledge.
- 2. We are 17 researchers, graduates and software developers from... ...backed by co- founders and former executives of: Supported by:
- 3. works like this: 1) Install “Audioscrobbler” 2) Listen to music 3) Last.fm builds your music profile... and the world‘s biggest open music database
- 5. Mendeley WebMendeley Desktop Manage, share, read and annotate your research papers – both on the desktop and online... ...and discover research trends, like-minded academics, and get research paper recommendations
- 6. Our background: How did Mendeley leverage external resources?
- 7. Open Source – but what if you are in a commercial environment? Open Source developers? Where‘s your product‘s value? Being forced to Open Source?
- 8. APIs – Complement or competition? Adding customer value
- 9. Make or buy – Using external components Technology and skills Price and cost Where‘s your product‘s value?
- 11. www.mendeley.com
Editor's Notes
- #2: We support academics, students and other professionals (or researchers) in their work with scientific literature. We provide scientific knowledge. We organize scientific knowledge. We help to explore and share scientific knowledge.
- #12: We support academics, students and other professionals (or researchers) in their work with scientific literature. We provide scientific knowledge. We organize scientific knowledge. We help to explore and share scientific knowledge.