Service provision in a software technology unit

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-209

  Mathiassen, Lars ^a,b   Andersson, Ingegerd ^b,c   Hanson, Kerstin ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0242611450     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268396032000122150     Document Type: Review

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