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Virtual R&D Teams: A potential growth of education-industry collaboration
Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - HAL - 2011
necessary to support the development of new collaboration forms among industry and education. Virtual research and development …Introduction: With the advent of the global economy and high-speed Internet, online collaboration is fast becoming the … norm in education and industry [1]. Information technology (IT) creates many new inter-relationships among businesses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010543495
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Effective Virtual Teams for New Product Development
Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Salwa … - HAL - 2012
At present, the existing literature shows that the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams for new product development are still ambiguous. To address this problem, a research design was developed, which includes detailed literature review, preliminary model and field survey....
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HDR 2010 - The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development
UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …
The 2010 Report continues the tradition of pushing the frontiers of development thinking. For the first time since 1990, the Report looks back rigorously at the past several decades and identifies often surprising trends and patterns with important lessons for the future. These varied pathways...
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Internal Migration, Selection Bias and Human Development: Evidence from Indonesia and Mexico
Deb, Partha; Seck, Papa - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
The aim of this paper is to measure the returns to migration using non-experimental data taking both observed and unobserved characteristics into account. A significant challenge related to migration research and the issues of unobserved heterogeneity is that the standard 2stage least squares...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507006
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Migration and Educational Outcomes of Children
Schapiro, Kristina A. - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
. It discusses the various channels through which migration affects the education and wellbeing of non-migrant children in …. To conclude, the paper recognizes the policy challenges surrounding the migration-education linkage and considers some of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507025
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HDR 1997 - Human Development to Eradicate Poverty
UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …
Eradicating poverty everywhere is more than a moral imperative - it is a practical possibility. That is the most important message of the Human Development Report 1997. The world has the resources and the know-how to create a poverty-free world in less than a generation. The Report focuses not...
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Building effective virtual teams: How to overcome the problems of trust and identity in virtual teams
Kimble, Chris - HAL - 2010
This article explores some of the challenges faced when managing virtual teams, in particular the role played by trust and identity in virtual teams. It outlines why teams and virtual teams have become a valuable part of the modern organization and presents ten short case studies that illustrate...
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Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review
Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - HAL - 2009
collaboration in SMEs. Specifying the foundation and importance of virtual teams, the relationship between virtual R & D team and …Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in … development (R & D) aspect deserves particular attention to promote and facilitate the operations of SMEs. Virtual R & D team …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820581
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SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review
Ebrahim, Nader Ale; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - HAL - 2010
literature review is to provide an outline on the structure and dynamics of R&D collaboration in SMEs. Specifying the rationale …Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are indeed the engines of global economic growth. Their continued growth is a … be a viable option to sustain and ease the operations of SMEs. However, literature shows there has not been a great deal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820853
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From organizing for innovation to innovating for organization: how co-design fosters change in organizations
Dubois, Louis-Etienne; Masson, Pascal Le; Weil, Benoît; … - HAL - 2014
Amongst the plethora of methods that have been developed over the years to involve users, suppliers, buyers or other stakeholders in the design of new objects, co-design has been advertised as a way to generate innovation in a more efficient and more inclusive manner. Yet, empirical evidence...
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