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The interest of researchers in how a globally distributed development influences the success of the project is noted in publications such as <ref name=":7">{{Cite journal|last=Mockus|first=A.|last2=Herbsleb|first2=J.|date=2001|title=Challenges of global software development|url=http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/915526/?part=1|journal=Proceedings Seventh International Software Metrics Symposium|pages=182–184|doi=10.1109/METRIC.2001.915526}}</ref> where the author mentions the need for more empirical studies on the subject. Another study <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Yu|first=Liguo|last2=Ramaswamy|first2=Srini|last3=Mishra|first3=Alok|last4=Mishra|first4=Deepti|date=2011-10-17|title=Communications in Global Software Development: An Empirical Study Using GTK+ OSS Repository|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-25126-9_32|journal=On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2011 Workshops|language=en|publisher=Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg|pages=218–227|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-25126-9_32}}</ref> tried to find more direct relations between time zones and language barriers without significant results, which as suggested by the author, might be due to low sample size. However it was shown <ref name=":1" /> that there is indeed a relationship between distributed development and longer response times between collaborators. There are also studies that correlate the frequency of communication and the geographical distance, such as [[Allen curve]].

The research done so far points to the need of improving the methodologies and tools used by companies and that communication is a big factor in the success of a company. {{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

== Forms of communication ==