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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 49 , Issue 10 (October 2006) table of contents

SPECIAL ISSUE: Flexible and distributed software processes: old petunias in new bowls? table of contents

Pages: 41 - 46

Year of Publication: 2006

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

Balasubramaniam Ramesh	Georgia State University, Atlanta
Lan Cao	Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Kannan Mohan	Baruch College, New York City
Peng Xu	University of Massachusetts, Boston

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Three organizations studied here suggest the answer is "yes," when the unique characteristics of both environments are successfully blended.

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