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Innovation initiatives in large software companies: a systematic mapping study

Henry Edison Xiaofeng Wang Ronald Jabangwe P. Abrahamsson
Dec 2017 · Information and Software Technology · Vol 95, pp. 1-14 · 20 citations · ⚡ 2 influential · 102 references
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Abstract

This extended abstract summarises an article, which has been published in the Information and Software Technology (IST) Journal and was selected for the Journal-First presentations at the International Conference on Software and System Process (ICSSP 2018). Full Article Reference. Henry Edison, Xiaofeng Wang, Ronald Jabangwe, and Pekka Abrahamsson. 2018. Innovation Initiatives in Large Software Companies: A Systematic Mapping Study. Information and Software Technology, 95:1--14, (March 2018) DOI:10.1016/j.infsof.2017.12.007.

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