Exploring the assumed benefits of global software development

Proceedings - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 159-166

  Conchúir, Eoin Ó ^a   Holmström, Helena ^a   Ågerfalk, Pár J ^a   Fitzgerald, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

BENEFITS; MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES; TEMPORAL DISTANCE ISSUES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 38649104441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2006.261229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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