Knowledge-intensive service activities in software business

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 273-290

  Rajala, Risto ^a,c,d   Westerlund, Mika ^a   Rajala, Arto ^a   Leminen, Seppo ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b LAUREA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c Information Systems Science

^d Helsmki School of Economics

Author keywords

Knowledge intensive services; Networks; Software industry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE SERVICES; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 38549157527     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2008.016784     Document Type: Article

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