The India option: Perceptions of Indian software solutions

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 605-621

  Abraham, Thomas ^a,b,d,e   Ahlawat, Sucheta ^b   Ahlawat, Sunita ^c  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodyshopping; Customized software; Indian software; Offshore sourcing; Software productivity; Software quality

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SURVEYS;

SOFTWARE PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031681660     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.1998.002623     Document Type: Article

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