In recent years there has been a growing interest in the role of networks and clusters in the global economy. Despite being a popular research topic in economics, sociology and urban studies, geographical clustering of human activity has often studied been by means of predetermined geographical units such as administrative divisions and metropolitan areas. This approach is intrinsically time in...

In this paper, an integrative conceptual model of internal and external factors influencing the success of global software development (GSD) projects is proposed. Its intention is to provide a holistic view on factors contributing to success in GSD projects as discussed in the literature. Four external factors (cultural differences, language differences, geographical distance, and time zone dif...

The mStar environment for distributed education utilizes the WWW and IP-multicast to enable teacher-student collaboration over large geographic distances. Several educational projects, spanning from secondary school courses to in-house training in companies, have deployed the mStar environment. This paper reports on experiences gained over a year of practice at Luleå University of Technology an...

This paper presents a framework for analysing the role of regional headquarters in the globalisation strategies of transnational corporations (TNCs). Drawing upon a theoretical gap in existing urban studies and international business literature, we argue that the triadisation and regionalisation of TNC activities increase the demand for control and co-ordination functions previously performed b...

As Global Virtual Teams (GVTs) operate across diverse geographies, time-zones, and cultures, they present particular problems for project management in that their characteristics may negatively affect team performance. While a significant body of research exists on project management and GVTs, previous studies have not fully elaborated on the collective impact that GVT characteristics, such as ...

efforts on both sides. The European part is based on the SIMDAT project (Data Grids for Process and Product Development using Numerical Simulation and Knowledge Discovery), which joins forces for product development and production process design using Grid services. CN Grid, a similar project with comparable objectives, was launched in China in 2002. While SIMDAT uses GRIA (GRID Resources for I...