Recycling software - On the road to high performance in software companies

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 93-104

  Vendelø, Morten Thanning ^a  

^a Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Equivocality of information technology; High performance; Interpretive capabilities; New business creation; Recycling software; Software industry

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE;

RECYCLING SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031655207     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.1998.002664     Document Type: Article

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