Outsourcing as an Economic Development Tool in Transition Economies: Scattered Global Software Development

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 445-459

  Vrhovec, Simon L R ^a   Trkman, Marina ^a   Kumer, Aleš ^a   Krisper, Marjan ^a   Vavpotič, Damjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

global software development; information and communication technology; outsourcing; transition economies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; OUTSOURCING;

DEVELOPMENT TASKS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PILOT STUDIES; SUCCESS FACTORS; TASK SPECIFICATIONS; TRANSITION ECONOMY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84929842797     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2013.874316     Document Type: Article

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