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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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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....

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Process assessment for use in very small enterprises: the NOEMI assessment methodology

DI RENZO, Bernard; FELTUS, Christophe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

This paper relates to the development and the experimentation of an IT process assessment methodology especially designed to be used in very small enterprises (VSEs). This methodology, called NOEMI , has been developed as a critical part of a public research project of the Centre de Recherche...

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Crafting Firm Competencies to Improve Innovative Performance.

Lokshin, Boris; Gils, Anita van; Bauer, Eva - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

Recent interdisciplinary research suggests that customer and technological competencies have a direct, unconditional effect on firms' innovative performance. This study extends this stream of literature by considering the effect of organizational competencies. Results from a survey-research...

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Crafting Firm Competencies to Improve Innovative Performance.

Lokshin, Boris; Gils, Anita van; Bauer, Eva - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008

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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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Process assessment for use in very small enterprises: the NOEMI assess-ment methodology

DI RENZO, Bernard; FELTUS, Christophe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008599145

Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

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 literature, attempt has been made to study the aspects by online survey method in...

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