Teams in packaged software development:The Software Corp. experience

Information Technology & People

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-61

  Dubé, Line ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Competitive advantage; Product lifecycle; Software development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986113548     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593849810204530     Document Type: Article

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