Globally distributed software development in small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany: Reasons, locations, and obstacles

19th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Klimpke, Lars ^a   Kramer, Tommi ^a   Betz, Stefanie ^b   Nordheimer, Khrystyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Multiple case study; Offshore software development; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; OUTSOURCE; OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; RESEARCH PAPERS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

COMPETITION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OUTSOURCING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870646231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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