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Measurements in the Early Stage Software Start-ups: A Multiple Case Study in a Nascent Ecosystem Cover

Measurements in the Early Stage Software Start-ups: A Multiple Case Study in a Nascent Ecosystem

Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences
Volume 43 (2018): Issue 4 (December 2018)
By: Grace Kamulegeya,  Raymond Mugwanya and  Regina Hebig  
Open Access
|Dec 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fcds-2018-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2300-3405 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6356
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Language: English
Page range: 251 - 280
Submitted on: Jul 10, 2018
Accepted on: Oct 19, 2018
Published on: Dec 31, 2018
Published by: Poznan University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Software start-up,
measurement,
nascent ecosystem,
lean start-up
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Artificial intelligence,
Software development

© 2018 Grace Kamulegeya, Raymond Mugwanya, Regina Hebig, published by Poznan University of Technology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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