▁money ▁to ▁the ▁company . ▁A ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁studies ▁tries ▁to ▁find ▁ways ▁to ▁mit ig ate ▁these ▁problems ▁and ▁avoid ▁mis communic ation . ▁ ▁The ▁tools ▁used ▁for ▁communication ▁are ▁within ▁the ▁scope ▁of ▁some ▁studies . ▁They ▁show ▁the ▁advantages ▁and ▁dis adv antages ▁of ▁some ▁different ▁types ▁of ▁tools , ▁and ▁also ▁which ▁kind ▁of ▁tools ▁the ▁developers ▁like ▁to ▁use ▁for ▁certain ▁situations . ▁ ▁The ▁interest ▁of ▁research ers ▁in ▁how ▁a ▁glob ally ▁distributed ▁development ▁influ ences ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁project ▁is ▁noted ▁in ▁publications ▁such ▁as ▁ ▁where ▁the ▁author ▁mentions ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁more ▁empir ical ▁studies ▁on ▁the ▁subject . ▁Another ▁study ▁ ▁tried ▁to ▁find ▁more ▁direct ▁relations ▁between ▁time ▁zones ▁and ▁language ▁bar riers ▁without ▁significant ▁results , ▁which ▁as ▁suggested ▁by ▁the ▁author , ▁might ▁be ▁due ▁to ▁low ▁sample ▁size . ▁However ▁it ▁was ▁shown ▁ ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁indeed ▁a ▁relationship ▁between ▁distributed ▁development ▁and ▁longer ▁response ▁times ▁between ▁collabor ators . ▁There ▁are ▁also ▁studies ▁that ▁correlate ▁the ▁frequency ▁of ▁communication ▁and ▁the ▁ge ographical ▁distance , ▁such ▁as ▁Allen ▁curve . ▁ ▁The ▁research ▁done ▁so ▁far ▁points ▁to ▁the ▁need ▁of ▁impro ving ▁the ▁method ologies ▁and ▁tools ▁used ▁by ▁companies ▁and ▁that ▁communication ▁is ▁a ▁big ▁factor ▁in ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁a ▁company . ▁ ▁Form s ▁of ▁communication ▁ ▁Communic ation ▁in ▁a ▁collaboration ▁setting ▁can ▁be ▁achieved ▁either ▁synchron ously ▁or ▁as ynchron ously , ▁differ ing ▁in ▁how ▁agents