Relocating routines: The role of improvisation in offshore implementation of software processes

Information Systems Outsourcing (Third Edition): Enduring Themes, Global Challenges, and Process Opportunities

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 423-440

  Krishna, S ^a   Holla, Jayarama ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

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EID: 84860805398     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88851-2_19     Document Type: Chapter

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