Managing cross-cultural issues in global software outsourcing

Authors:
S. Krishna;Sundeep Sahay;Geoff Walsham
Affiliations:
Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, India;University of Oslo, Norway;University of Cambridge, U.K.
Venue:
Communications of the ACM - Human-computer etiquette
Year:
2004

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Abstract

Exploring research-derived best practices for effective management of global software teams.