Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at the regional and national level. In the competitive … innovation and the strategic objectives that have been set, firms will regularly have to modify the way in which their R&D and … innovation are organized. Nowadays, shift from serial to simultaneous and parallel working in innovation has become more …

innovation. This paper sets out to question this tendency to equate projects and innovation which, in our view, can lead to the … improper use of projects to manage innovation. We argue that, in line with the work on project classification, a distinction …

style. While the former is illustrated by knowledge and team characteristics, the latter is identified by technological …

virtual team to enhance their performance and competitiveness. Despite virtual teams growing prevalence, relatively little is … known about this new form of team. Hence the study offers an extensive literature review with definitions o f virtual teams … needed for effective virtual team considering the people, process and technology point of view and underlying characteristics …

&D) teams for new product development (NPD). However, the factors that make process construct in a virtual R&D team are still … development managers of enterprises to concentrate in the main factors for leading an effective virtual R&D team. In addition, it …

explains how virtual R&D team can play a prominent role in developing new products. The article is evolved future study … guideline and also illustrates how to apply virtual interaction tools and integrate engineers into the innovation process … importance, but the issue has been poorly addressed in the previous studies. Findings show that virtual R&D team provides …