Knowledge management in offshore software development

Information Systems Outsourcing (Second Edition): Enduring Themes, New Perspectives and Global Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 659-685

  Nicholson, Brian ^a   Sahay, Sundeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 79955580653     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-34877-1_24     Document Type: Chapter

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