Exploring Characteristics, Challenges, and Opportunities in 6G Software Business: A Multivocal Literature Review

SUPPLEMENTARY DATASET: 6G SOFTWARE BUSINESSES MLR Multivocal Literature Review - 133 Sources (102 Formal + 31 Grey) PURPOSE This supplementary dataset provides complete methodological transparency for the 6G Software Businesses Multivocal Literature Review (MLR). All data extraction, coding, and analysis steps are documented to enable full reproducibility. NAVIGATION GUIDE - READ IN THIS ORDER STEP 1: Understand the Study (Sheets 01-02) 01_STUDY_OVERVIEW - Key statistics and summary 02_SEARCH_PROCESS - PRISMA flow (2,228 to 133 sources) STEP 2: Review the Data (Sheets 03-04) 03_SOURCES_MASTER - All 133 sources with complete metadata 04_QUALITY_ASSESSMENT - Quality scores for all sources STEP 3: See Research Findings (Sheets 05-07) 05_RQ1_CHARACTERISTICS - 18 characteristics identified 06_RQ2_OPPORTUNITIES - 32 opportunities identified 07_RQ3_CHALLENGES - 19 challenges identified STEP 4: Understand the Framework (Sheets 08-09) 08_FRAMEWORK - 73 framework items (maps to Figure 10 in paper) 8.1_Value_Drivers_L1(Columns: BusinessValueDriver, ThemeCount, ThemeIDs, EvidenceSources) 8.2_Input_Themes_SID(Columns: RQ, ThemeCategory, Subtheme, SourceNums_Str, EvidenceSources) 09_FRAMEWORKMAPPING Framework drivation Traceability from data to framework(RQ → Theme/Sub-theme → Evidence → Framework box mapping) STEP 5: See Methodology Details (Sheets 10-12) 10_CODING_EXTRACTS - All 1,857 raw codes from sources 12_Themes_Master Thematic Analysis - From codes to themes to framework(Columns: ThemeID, Dimension, Layer, Group, Item, Description …) STEP 6: Additional Analyses (Sheets 13-15) 13_GEOGRAPHIC_DISTRIBUTION - Regional analysis 14_TEMPORAL_DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS - Publication trends 2016-2024 15_PUBLICATION_TYPES - Source type Research Type breakdown REFERENCE (Sheet 16) 16_DATA_DICTIONARY - Field definitions and coding schemes 17_Validation(Columns: Validation & Summary) KEY STATISTICS Total Sources: 133 (76.69% formal, 23.31% grey) Time Span: 2016-2024 Databases: IEEE, Scopus, ACM, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, Wiley + Google Raw Codes: 1,857 extracted Themes: 69 identified Framework Items: 73 final items Inter-Rater Reliability: Kendall W = 0.8127 (p < 0.01) Dataset Version: 2.0 (Final) Last Updated: 2026-02-06 Corresponds to: Exploring Characteristics, Challenges, and Opportunities in 6G Software Business: A Multivocal Literature Review