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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 … localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have a high potential for SMEs growth. Due to the fast growing complexity of the new …. This research explores the effectiveness of virtuality in SMEs virtual R&D teams. An online questionnaire emailed to …
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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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R&D Network and value Creation in SMEs
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
enterprises (SMEs) seemingly successful R&D is a function of innovation processes and R&D networks. There is a perceived lack of … understanding regarding the importance of SMEs and their need to continuously enhance their technological capabilities for the … impact on value creation in SMEs have been studied. One very important trend to enable new knowledge creation and transfer in …
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A conceptual model of virtual product development process
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In today’s dynamic marketplace, companies are under strong pressure to introduce new products for long-term survival with their competitors. Besides, every company cannot cope up progressively or immediately with the market requirements due to knowledge dynamics being experienced in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765063
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Consideration of the virtual team work and disabled citizens, as promising opportunity providers for the e government infrastructure's formation
Shafia, Mohammad Ali; Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The Information area has revolutionized the workplace. Douglas Kruse, a professor of human resources and the director of the program for disability research at Rutgers University, states that 7% of employed persons with disabilities work 20 hours or more a week from home. While some modern...
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Virtual R&D Teams : A Potential Growth of Education-Industry Collaboration
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - 2012
necessary to support the development of new collaboration forms among industry and education. Virtual research and development …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, expands the scope …
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Managing Communication in New Product Development Process : Virtual R&D Teams and Information Technology
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Abdul Rashid, … - 2014
Literature proves the importance of the role of information technology in increasing the effectiveness of virtual R&D teams’ communication for new product development. However, the factors that make information technology construct in a virtual R&D team are still ambiguous. Managers of virtual...
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Introduction to the Research Tools Mind Map
Ale Ebrahim, Nader - 2014
With the increasing use of information and communications technology (ICT), researchers are able to use computer software tools to find, organise, manipulate, analyse, and share relevant information. However, there are hundreds of such tools to select from, for various research-related uses. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014156802
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The Biggest Experience to Reduce Environmental Pollutants by Substitute Fuel CNG in the Middle East & the Middle Asia
momeni, Ali - 2011
Automobile industry is an exhaustive industry bringing development for any country. The industrial capabilities needed for development rest in this branch of industry. The Iranian automobile making companies move in line with this aim. But in recent decades, in addition to development of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127505
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Virtual Teams: A New Opportunity to Develop a Business
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Abdul; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
emailed by using a simple random sampling method to 356 Malaysian manufacturing small and medium –sized Enterprises (SMEs …). The findings of this study show that SMEs in Malaysia are gaining to use virtual teams, and it can be concluded that … virtual teams provide a new platform for developing the business in SMEs. Based on the study, we suggest avenues for future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008740567