Global software and its provenance: Generification work in the production of organizational software packages

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-280

  Pollock, Neil ^a   Williams, Robin ^a   D'Adderio, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generification; Localization; Particularity; Sameness; Software packages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947271345     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706066022     Document Type: Review

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