Persistent problems and practices in information systems development: A study of mobile applications development and distribution

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 425-444

  Bergvall Kåreborn, Birgitta ^a   Howcroft, Debra ^a,b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apple; Crowdsourcing; Ecosystem; Google; Platform; Systems developers

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECOSYSTEMS; MOBILE PHONES;

APPLE; CROWDSOURCING; GOOGLE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; MOBILE APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT; PLATFORM; PLATFORM-BASED DEVELOPMENT; PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES;

MOBILE COMPUTING;

EID: 84904394523     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isj.12036     Document Type: Article

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