Mind the gap! Understanding knowledge in global software teams

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 267, Issue , 2008, Pages 321-330

  Aman, Aini ^a   Nicholson, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global software teams; Knowledge management

Indexed keywords

DELAY CIRCUITS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN; APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL SOFTWARE TEAMS; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; SOFTWARE FIRMS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 47049112206     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09768-8_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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