Small is beautiful: A study of packaged software development teams

Journal of High Technology Management Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-148

  Carmel, Erran ^a   Bird, Barbara J ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031100236     PISSN: 10478310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8310(97)90017-1     Document Type: Article

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