Knowledge transfer in IT offshore outsourcing projects: An analysis of the current state and best practices

Proceedings - 5th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 330-335

  Betz, Stefanie ^a   Oberweis, Andreas ^a   Stephan, Rolf ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Component; IT offshore outsourcing; Knowledge transfer; Risk mitigation

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPONENT; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; DISTRIBUTED PROJECTS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; RISK MITIGATION;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 78149318419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2010.45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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