The embeddedness of software development in the Ukraine: An offshoring country perspective

European Planning Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1633-1650

  Hardy, Jane ^a   Hollinshead, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPLOYMENT; SOFTWARE;

UKRAINE;

EID: 80053301938     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2011.586189     Document Type: Article

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