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Effective virtual teams for new product development

Nader Ale Ebrahim; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Abdul-Rashid, … - 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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Critical Factors for New Product Developments in SMEs Virtual Team

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - 2013

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are considered as an engine for economic growth all over the world and especially for developing countries. During the past decade, new product development (NPD) has increasingly been recognized as a critical factor in ensuring the continued survival of SMEs....

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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 - 2014

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...

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Virtual R&D Teams : Innovation and Technology Facilitator

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - 2014

Innovation is becoming the most important key issue for company’s success in the 21st century. In the competitive … accepted that innovation is better achieved by working in team. The employed web services technology, although very popular … technology are formed to facilitate transnational innovation processes and it should be noted that innovation has a positive …

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Virtual R&D Teams : A Potential Growth of Education-Industry Collaboration

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Abdul Rashid, … - 2013

In this paper, we present our more than two years research experiences on virtual R&D teams in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and draws conclusions, giving special attention to the structure of virtual teams required to support education-industry collaboration. We report the relevant...

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Virtual R&D Teams and SMEs Growth : A Comparative Study Between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - 2014

This paper explores potential advantages of using virtual teams for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a comprehensive review on various aspects of virtual teams. Based on the standing of the pertinent literatures, attempt has been made to study the aspects by online survey method in...

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The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs : Experiences of Malaysian SMEs

Ale Ebrahim, Nader - 2014

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...

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Firms, Crowds, and Innovation

Felin, Teppo - 2017

, and innovation” and to provide an introduction to the associated special issue. We specifically discuss how various crowd …-related phenomena and practices — for example, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, user innovation, and peer production — relate to theories of …, and innovation: (1) the functions of sociality (sociality as extension of rationality, sociality as sensing and signaling …

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Agglomeration and innovation

Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - 2014

This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these …

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Agglomeration and Innovation

Carlino, Gerald A. - 2017

This paper reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then discuss how these factors are frequently measured in the data …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these …

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