The importance of being nearest: Nearshore software outsourcing and globalization discourse

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2003, Pages 375-397

  Abbott, Pamela ^a   Jones, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ECONOMICS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OUTSOURCING;

DIS-EMBEDDING; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; HOST COUNTRIES; KNOWLEDGE WORK; OFFSHORE SOFTWARE OUTSOURCINGS; SOCIAL PRACTICES; SOFTWARE OUTSOURCING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84904299481     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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