Offshore insourcing in software development: Structuring the decision-making process

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1054-1067

  Šmite, Darja ^a,b   Wohlin, Claes ^a   Aurum, Aybüke ^c   Jabangwe, Ronald ^a   Numminen, Emil ^a,d  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Empirical field study; Global software development; Go global decisions; Offshore insourcing; Sourcing

Indexed keywords

FIELD STUDIES; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GO-GLOBAL DECISIONS; OFFSHORE INSOURCING; SOURCING;

ALIGNMENT;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84875279370     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.10.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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