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Ambidextrous coping strategies in globally distributed software development projects

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Strategies for enhancing flexibility and rigor.

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            cover image Communications of the ACM
            Communications of the ACM  Volume 49, Issue 10
            October 2006
            85 pages
            ISSN:0001-0782
            EISSN:1557-7317
            DOI:10.1145/1164394
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