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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 …
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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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becoming increasingly important. The adoption of analytics and DDD has been slower in small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs … increases, without increases in average prices. Our results suggest that analytics and DDD help SMEs establish a competitive … supporting the adoption of analytics tools by SMEs. Furthermore, policies supporting small businesses' transition to the data era …
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males and could be more inclined towards collaboration, instead. Were these findings to generalize to adults across the …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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We present several empirical facts about trends in marketing investment in the US. We also present estimates of the private value of brands to firms and aggregate intangible brand capital stocks created by these investments. These investments include the creation and maintenance of a brand name...
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We use daily administrative data from a leading automobile manufacturer to study the organizational impacts of introducing new models to the auto assembly line. We first show that costly defects per vehicle spike when new models are introduced. As a response, the firm trains in problem-solving...
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Exploitation of disruptive technologies often requires resource deployment that creates conflict if there are divergent beliefs regarding the efficacy of a new technology. This arises when a visionary agent has more optimistic beliefs about a technological opportunity. Exploration in the form of...
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