Globally distributed component-based software development: An exploratory study of knowledge management and work division

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-173

  Kotlarsky, Julia ^a   Oshri, Ilan ^b   Van Hillegersberg, Jos ^c   Kumar, Kuldeep ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Component reuse; Component based development; Expertise; Global software development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249670263     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000084     Document Type: Article

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