Benefits and Pitfalls of Virtual R&D Teams : An Empirical Study

In this paper, advantages and drawbacks of virtual teams in research and development (R&D) are studied. With the globalization of commercial practices and advances in information and communication technologies, increasing numbers of enterprises are establishing cross-functional, geographically distributed virtual teams. Virtual teams in R&D are designed to access external resources and knowledge to maximize the competitive advantage from limited labor and resources. A survey has been conducted on 210 Malaysian and Iranian manufacturing companies, aimed to investigate the characteristics of R&D collaborations and extract the main advantages/disadvantages’ factors of virtual teams. These factors can be a guide line for R&D manager to achieve better performance of virtual teams

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Ale Ebrahim, Nader ; Ahmed, Shamsuddin ; Taha, Zahari
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (5 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: 6th International Communication & Information Technology Management Conference, 2010 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 23, 2010 erstellt
Classification:	L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance ; L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure Size; Size Distribution of Firms ; L7 - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction ; M11 - Production Management ; M12 - Personnel Management ; M1 - Business Administration ; Q32 - Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development ; Q31 - Demand and Supply ; M54 - Labor Management (team formation, worker empowerment, job design, tasks and authority, job satisfaction) ; O1 - Economic Development ; O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development ; O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D ; P42 - Productive Enterprises; Factor and Product Markets; Prices; Population ; P24 - National Income, Product, and Expenditure; Money; Inflation ; L17 - Open Source Products and Markets ; L15 - Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility ; N6 - Manufacturing and Construction
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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