Adaptation and generalisation in software product development

Activity Theory in Practice: Promoting Learning Across Boundaries and Agencies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 184-206

  Mørch, Anders I ^a   Nygård, Kathrine A ^b   Ludvigsen, Sten R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NONE

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EID: 84919518004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203609439     Document Type: Chapter

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