[IP] MIT study comparing s/w development in different countries
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:02:17 -0700
From: Ridgely Evers <revers@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: MIT study comparing s/w development in different countries
To: 'Dave Farber' <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Dave,
For IP, if you think it worth passing along. I first got wind of this via
Peter Coffee's newsletter for eWeek.
http://ebusiness.mit.edu/research/papers/178_Cusumano_Intl_Comp.pdf
Very interesting stuff. As a recovering coder myself, the biggest surprise
is the difference in 'prep time' - the US spends the least amount of time
getting ready to write code. This maps to my start-up experience, where one
is typically making much of the product up on the fly, and speaks to the
authors' conclusions, in which they cite the fact that most s/w innovation
seems to come from the US and, to a lesser extent, Europe.
Best,
--Ridge
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