TY - JFULL AU - Mihai Gheorghe PY - 2015/6/ TI - State of Freelancing in IT and Future Trends T2 - International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering SP - 1473 EP - 1478 VL - 9 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10001281 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 101, 2015 N2 - Freelancing in IT has seen an increased popularity during the last years mainly because of the fast Internet adoption in the countries with emerging economies, correlated with the continuous seek for reduced development costs as well with the rise of online platforms which address planning, coordination and various development tasks. This paper conducts an overview of the most relevant Freelance Marketplaces available and studies the market structure, distribution of the workforce and trends in IT freelancing. ER -