The process of offshore software development: Preliminary studies of UK companies in Malaysia

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2003, Pages 201-216

  Aman, Aini ^a   Nicholson, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Control; Culture; Globalization

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COMMUNICATION; CONTROL; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; GLOBALIZATION; GROWING BODIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OUTSOURCINGS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; SOFTWARE OUTSOURCING;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84904334216     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35695-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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