Networks of practice as heterogeneous actor-networks: The case of software development in Brazil

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 566-583

  Takhteyev, Yuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Brazil; Communities of practice; Globalization; ICTs; Software development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449581231     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180902859369     Document Type: Article

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