The role of Internet in the development of future software projects

Internet Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-86

  Martinez Torres M R ^a   Toral, S L ^a   Barrero, F ^a   Cortes F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communities; Computer software; Information transfer; Internet; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349128196     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662241011020842     Document Type: Article

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