Factors influencing ireland's software industry: Lessons for economic development through IT

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2003, Pages 235-252

  Heavin, Ciara ^a   Fitzgerald, Brian ^b   Trauth, Eileen M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Endogenous factors; Enterprise and individual; Exogenous factors; Ireland's software industry; National

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; PUBLIC POLICY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOGENOUS FACTORS; EXOGENOUS FACTORS; IRELAND; NATIONAL; RISK TAKING; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY;

ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE;

EID: 84904304005     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35695-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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