Procedural coordination and offshored software tasks: Lessons from two case studies

Information and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-230

  Mirani, Rajesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Integration mechanisms; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Procedural coordination; Task partitioning

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OUTSOURCING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INTEGRATION MECHANISMS; OFFSHORING; PROCEDURAL COORDINATION; TASK PARTITIONING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847074936     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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