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Knowledge sharing, social ties and successful collaboration in globally distributed system development projects

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Recent years have witnessed the globalization of many industries. Consequently, globally distributed collaborations and virtual teams have become increasingly common in many areas, for example in new product development (Malhotra et al., 2001) and in Information Systems (IS) development (Sarker and Sahay, 2004; Herbsleb and Mockus, 2003; Carmel and Agarwal, 2002).

The biggest problem is a people problem: if people from different sites don’t have the respect and trust for each other, they don’t work well together. (Anthony, Chief Software Architect, LeCroy)

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  1. Information Systems and Management Group, Warwick Business School, UK

    Julia Kotlarsky (Associate Professor of Information Systems) (Associate Professor of Information Systems)

  2. Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus, The Netherlands

    Ilan Oshri (Associate Professor of Strategic Management) (Associate Professor of Strategic Management)

  3. Netherlands Defence Academy, The Netherlands

    Paul C. van Fenema (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Kotlarsky, J., Oshri, I. (2008). Knowledge sharing, social ties and successful collaboration in globally distributed system development projects. In: Kotlarsky, J., Oshri, I., van Fenema, P.C. (eds) Knowledge Processes in Globally Distributed Contexts. Technology, Work and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582408_1

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