Diffusion of software technology innovations in the global context

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 2749-2757

  Nahar, N ^a   Kakola T ^a   Huda, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Communication system software; Companies; Computer science; Information processing; Information systems; Programming; Software maintenance; Software tools; Technological innovation; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DATA PROCESSING; DIFFUSION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE; CUSTOMER DEMANDS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS; SOFTWARE BUSINESS; SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 33846440069     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.994166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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