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Virtuality, Innovation and R&D Activities

Ale Ebrahim, Nader - 2014

Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at regional and national level. In the competitive environment companies are obliged to produce more rapidly, more effectively and more efficiently in new product development which is a result of research and development (R&D) activities....

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Virtual Teams and Management Challenges

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - 2012

Collaboration is becoming increasingly important in creating the knowledge that makes business more competitive. Virtual teams are growing in popularity [1] and many organizations have responded to their dynamic environments by introducing virtual teams. Additionally, the rapid development of...

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SMEs and Virtual R&D Teams : A Motive Channel for Relationship between SMEs

Ale Ebrahim, Nader - 2013

This paper explores potential advantages and barriers of virtual teams toward making an interrelation between small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) with a comprehensive review on different aspects of virtual teams in SMEs based on authentic and reputed publications. The purpose of the...

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

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim; Ahmed, … - 2011

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 high...

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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...

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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...

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Innovation Process is Facilitated in Virtual Environment of R&D Teams

Shafia, Mohammad Ali; Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin - 2013

Innovation is becoming the most important key issue for company's success in the 21st century. In the competitive environment it is necessary for the enterprises to put together different capabilities and services with the goal. It is widely accepted that innovation can be better achieved by...

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Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs

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

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...

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New research trends in sustainability in family businesses : a bibliometric literature review

Aparicio, Gloria; Iturralde, Txomin - In: European journal of family business 13 (2023) 1, pp. 36-55

Sustainability in family businesses is becoming an exigent, interesting, and ever-evolving topic in the field of … bibliometric techniques to provide an overview of the evolution of scientific literature on sustainability in family businesses and …

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Research on Corporate Sustainability : Review and Directions for Future Research

Grewal, Jody - 2020

We review the literature on corporate sustainability and provide directions for future research. Our review focuses on … three actions: measuring, managing and communicating corporate sustainability performance. Measurement is the least … management control systems, investor pressure and mandated disclosure in improving corporate sustainability outcomes. Research …

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