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Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in generating employment and supporting trade, they face numerous challenges, the prominent among them are the need to respond to fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008866143
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Virtuality, Innovation and R&D Activities
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at regional and national level. In the competitive environment … achieve innovations of high quality. Depending on the type of industry, the type of business, the type of innovation and the … strategic objectives that have been set, firms will regularly have to modify the way in which their R&D and innovation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008753054
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SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are indeed the engines of global economic growth. Their continued growth is a major subject for the economy and employment of any country. Towards that end, virtual research and development (R&D) could be a viable option to sustain and ease the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008742995
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New Product Development in Virtual Environment
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Purpose - The literature on the topic has evolved exponentially since eight years ago. Relaying on a review of studies published in recent years, this article proposes and discusses a framework which incorporates a set of virtual teams involved in a new product development initiative....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008753052
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The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Abdul; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have a high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765905
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Effective virtual teams for new product development
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Abdul; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108647
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Effective Virtual Teams for New Product Development
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Shamsuddin, Ahmed; Rashid, Abdul; … - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2012), pp. 1971-1985
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010954559
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Effective Virtual Teams for New Product Development
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim; Taha, Zahari - In: Scientific Research and Essay 7 (2012) 21, pp. 1971-1985
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010310994
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Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Abdul; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper presents the results of empirical research conducted during March to September 2009. The study focused on the influence of virtual research and development (R&D) teams within Malaysian manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008866154