Some political and cultural issues in the globalisation of software development: Case experience from Britain and India

Information and Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-43

  Nicholson, Brian ^a   Sahay, Sundeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Longitudinal research; Organisational culture; Outsourcing; Power; Software development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041469701     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8022(00)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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