Overseeing Cross-Cultural Issues in Global Software Outsourcing
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International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT) |  |
| © 2018 by IJCTT Journal | ||
| Volume-61 Number-3 |
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| Year of Publication : 2018 | ||
| Authors : Chandralekha Gopalakrishnan and Mohammed Nazeh Abdulwahid | ||
| DOI : 10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V61P121 |
MLA Style: Chandralekha Gopalakrishnan and Mohammed Nazeh Abdulwahid "Overseeing Cross-Cultural Issues in Global Software Outsourcing" International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology 61.3 (2018):122-125.
APA Style:Chandralekha Gopalakrishnan and Mohammed Nazeh Abdulwahid (2018). Overseeing Cross-Cultural Issues in Global Software Outsourcing International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology, 61(3),122-125
Abstract
IT outsourcing keeps on being a blasting business. The reasons why organizations outsource have been all around recorded, including lessened cost, enhanced execution, and access to more extensive work markets.[1],[2] One part of IT outsourcing is the outsourcing of software production. An essential pattern that began in the 1990s and keeps on expanding today is to outsource software production globally[3]. A great part of the product development happens at offshore areas, where costs are low and work is frequently copious. Software providers regularly keep up little bridgehead groups in the customer countries for deals and client contact purposes. Outsourcers thus frequently find officials in the provider countries to, for instance, administer large tasks.
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Keywords
Outsourced software, offshore, global production, cross-cultural, telecommunication, e-business,