Divergence and convergence in global software development: Cultural complexities as social worlds

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Divergence and convergence in global software development : Cultural complexities as social worlds. / Jensen, Rasmus Eskild; Bjørn, Pernille.

From Research to Practice in the Design of Cooperative Systems: Results and Open Challenges - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, COOP 2012. Springer, 2012. p. 123-136.

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Harvard

Jensen, RE & Bjørn, P 2012, Divergence and convergence in global software development: Cultural complexities as social worlds. in From Research to Practice in the Design of Cooperative Systems: Results and Open Challenges - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, COOP 2012. Springer, pp. 123-136, 10th International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, COOP 2012, Marseille, France, 30/05/2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4093-1_9

APA

Jensen, R. E., & Bjørn, P. (2012). Divergence and convergence in global software development: Cultural complexities as social worlds. In From Research to Practice in the Design of Cooperative Systems: Results and Open Challenges - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, COOP 2012 (pp. 123-136). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4093-1_9

Vancouver

Jensen RE, Bjørn P. Divergence and convergence in global software development: Cultural complexities as social worlds. In From Research to Practice in the Design of Cooperative Systems: Results and Open Challenges - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, COOP 2012. Springer. 2012. p. 123-136 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4093-1_9

Author

Jensen, Rasmus Eskild ; Bjørn, Pernille. / Divergence and convergence in global software development : Cultural complexities as social worlds. From Research to Practice in the Design of Cooperative Systems: Results and Open Challenges - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, COOP 2012. Springer, 2012. pp. 123-136

Bibtex

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