Embedded knowledge and offshore software development

Information and Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-365

  Nicholson, Brian ^a   Sahay, Sundeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Case study; Knowledge management; Software development

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644266906     PISSN: 14717727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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