The missing customer and the ever-present market: Software developers and the service economy

Work and Occupations

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 320-348

  Riain, Seán O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

knowledge economy; markets; professional work; service work; software

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049238269     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888410373331     Document Type: Article

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