Knowledge sharing and service innovativeness in offshore outsourced software development firms

VINE

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2-21

  Wickramasinghe, Vathsala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Knowledge exchange; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SERVICE INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURVEYS;

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EFFECTIVE PRACTICES; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; OUTSOURCED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; SURVEY METHODOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84922706171     PISSN: 03055728     EISSN: 14741032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/VINE-03-2013-0010     Document Type: Article

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