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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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Virtual R&D Teams for NPD in SMEs : Past, Present and Future Trend
Ale Ebrahim, Nader - 2010
This paper provides a comprehensive review on different aspects of virtual teams based on authentic and reputed publications. The purpose of the state-of-the-art literature review is to provide an overview of what is known about the structure and dynamics of R&D collaboration in SMEs. SMEs are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134933
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Envisages of New Product Developments in Small and Medium Enterprises Through Virtual Team
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - 2013
New product development (NPD) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) virtual team has not been systematically investigated in developing countries. Literatures have shown no significant differences between traditional NPD and virtual NPD in general. New product development especially for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014044335
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Effective Virtual Teams for New Product Development
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Abdul Rashid, … - 2013
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/10014168693
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009679766
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014190467
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014044742
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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945789
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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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