The labor process in software startups: Production on a virtual assembly line?

Management Labour Process and Software Development: Reality bytes

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 45-75

  Andrews, Christopher K ^a   Lair, Craig D ^a   Landry, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84905559693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203502952     Document Type: Chapter

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