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    "Procedia Technology Volume 5, 2012, Pages 649-658 4th Conference of ENTERprise Information Systems - aligning technology, organizations and people (CENTERIS 2012) Cover image ICT Tools Functionalities Analysis for the Decision Making Process of Their Implementation in Virtual Engineering Teams Cosmina Carmen Aldeaa, Anca-Diana Popescua, Anca Draghicia, Corresponding author contact information, E-mail the corresponding author, George Draghicib a Politehnica University of Timisoara, Management Faculty, 14 Remus str., 300191 Timisoara, Romania b Politehnica University of Timisoara, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, 1 Mihai Viteazu Str., 300222 Timisoara, Romania http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protcy.2012.09.072, How to Cite or Link Using DOI Permissions & Reprints Abstract Modern businesses processes are developed by virtual teams (VT) using an adequate collaborative environment consist of specific software, information technology platforms linked together by Internet/Extranet/Intranet. The required functionalities of the ICT tools/platforms have been developed in terms related to knowledge management activities as: sharing, transfer, acquisition, integration, archive etc. that are needed by virtual networks activities. In this context, the paper presents an overview of VT definitions and characteristics that reinforce them with efficiency-effectiveness. Then will be analyzed the software tools main functionalities that are needed to support the VT tele-working and there will be presented the decision making process approach for choosing the right software solution (using ELECTRE method). Keywords Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); Virtual Teams (VT); Collaborative Work; Software Functionalities"
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  • Nader Ale Ebrahim on 08 Mar 12
     
    "Supporting the Work of Global Virtual Teams : the Role of Technology-Use Mediation Researchers Clear, T. Project Status Complete Research Objectives This research reports on the role of technology-use mediation to support the work of global virtual teams. By involving not only the student participants of these engagements but also supporting agents, as technology-use mediators, it seeks to address the following questions: Why is global virtual collaboration difficult? What roles and activities are critical? How can we do it better? Methodology The research is postured within the context of a longitudinal study on global virtual collaborations between groups of students at AUT University in Auckland, Uppsala University in Sweden, and St Louis University in Missouri, United States. The research cited here has developed a Technology-Use Mediation Adaptive Structuration Theory as the framework for this study. Data was gathered from email communications between the various contributing parties to this collaboration, and analysed using grounded theory and structurational techniques. "
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    "Some Tips For Virtual Team Of Startup Company By Martin at February 11, 2013 | 8:26 am | Print Some Tips For Virtual Team Of Startup Company Almost every startup is a virtual team these days, since most don't start out with dedicated office space, and some or all members of the team work part-time or out of their own home. It's a small world, so these team members may not even be in the same town, or the same country. Outsourcing is just another extension of the virtual team concept to people you don't even know. Working effectively with a virtual team of any sort has many challenges. How do entrepreneurs establish and maintain rapport with people they rarely see, and team members who have never met? How do they keep track of what everyone is doing and assure effective communication between all team members? Experts on this subject, including Yael Zofi, in her recent book, "A Manager's Guide to Virtual Teams," has identified eight key characteristics of high-performing virtual teams, which every startup founder should understand and enable: 1. Members exhibit a global mindset - they look outward, not inward. Effective virtual leaders widen their focus from the local to the global, which implicitly creates an environment of respect. Respect engenders buy-in, without which members can't take ownership of work product and work toward a common goal. 2. Members share responsibility for achieving the mission. High performing teams have a sense of purpose where members internalize their piece of the mission, thereby transcending the isolation that defines working in a virtual environment. Team members develop an understanding about their mutual dependence to achieve objectives. 3. A culture of openness facilitates trust and authenticity. Effective founders work to create and maintain an environment of team trust to defuse miscommunications. They focus on behaviors, not on personalities, because they know this engenders trust. Then they "say what t
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    "Virtual R&D teams definition Ale Ebrahim, N. (2012) Virtual R&D teams definition. Nader Ale Ebrahim's White Papers, 1 (1). pp. 1-2. [img] PDF - Submitted Version Download (199Kb) | Preview Abstract Introduction: The literature related to virtual R&D teams reveals a lack of depth in the definitions (Ale Ebrahim et al., 2010). Although virtual teamwork is a current topic in the literature concerning global organizations, it is problematic to define the meaning of 'virtual teams' across multiple institutional contexts (Chudoba et al., 2005). The concept of a "team" is described as a small number of people with complementary skills who are equally committed to a common purpose, goal, and working approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable (Zenun et al., 2007). It is worth mentioning that virtual teams (VTs) are often formed to overcome geographical or temporal separations (Cascio and Shurygailo, 2003). VTs work across boundaries of time and space using modern computer-driven technologies (Ebrahim et al., 2010). The term "VTs" is used to cover a wide range of activities and forms of technology-supported working (Anderson et al., 2007). Item Type: Article Creators: Ale Ebrahim, N.(Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya ) Journal or Publication Title: Nader Ale Ebrahim's White Papers Additional Information: Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya Uncontrolled Keywords: Virtual Teams; Virtual R&D Teams Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > L Education (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) Divisions: Faculty of Engineering Depositing User: Mr. Nader Ale Ebrahim Date Deposited: 27 Aug 2012 09:03 Last Modified: 27 Aug 2012 09:03 URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/3637 Actions (login required) View Item"
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    "Critical Factors for New Product Developments in SMEs Virtual Team African Journal of Business Management Vol. 4(11), pp. 2247-2257, 4 September, 2010 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. On the other hand, the rapid rate of market and technological changes has accelerated in the past decade, so this turbulent environment requires new methods and techniques to bring successful new products to the marketplace. Virtual team can be a solution to answer the requested demand. However, literature have shown no significant differences between traditional NPD and virtual NPD in general, whereas NPD in SME's virtual team has not been systematically investigated in developing countries. This paper aims to bridge this gap by first reviewing the NPD and its relationship with virtuality and then identifies the critical factors of NPD in virtual teams. The statistical method was utilized to perform the required analysis of data from the survey. The results were achieved through factor analysis at the perspective of NPD in some Malaysian and Iranian manufacturing firms (N = 191). The 20 new product development factors were grouped into five higher level constructs. It gives valuable insight and guidelines, which hopefully will help managers of firms in developing countries to consider the main factors in NPD. Virtual R&D Teams and SMEs Growth: A Comparative Study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs African Journal of Business Management Vol. 4(11), pp. 2368-2379, 4 September, 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 bee
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    "Virtual teams: not only a technological matter Posted by Luca on January 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment For my master thesis (Master in Work and Organizational Psychology at Maastricht Universiteit) I studied attitudes and cognitive aspects that have an impact on virtual teams' collaboration with respect to efficacy and effectiveness. Study's sample was composed by two virtual teams set in two different countries: Italy and Mozambique. During a virtual team collaboration simulation, I considered many cognitive aspects that have to be addressed for distance-teamwork-collaboration. According to Wilson and Whitelock (1998) reliability and stability of the used device enables communication among team members. In other words, selected technology need to be adaptable and tailored for the specific collaboration's aim. For example selected media has to connect people through e-mails and chats, if virtual team wants to use synchronous and asynchronous communication. A part from that, online collaboration is not only a technological matter. Trust among team members (Kimble, 2011), shared backgrounds (Tolmie & Boyle, 2000) perception of usefulness of participation (Bliuc, Ellis, Goodyear,& Piggott, 2011) and perceived interdependence (Nam & Zellner, 2011) are examples of cognitive constructs related to virtual team collaboration. It is important to create a culture of team work and being sure that people feel that they are joining a useful activity. In the opposite case there will be no collaboration. Tolmie & Boyle (2000) underlined the importance of having a shared background. More than having it, I guess that it is more important to have a drive in sharing background than an already shared."
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    "Effective virtual teams for new product development Ale Ebrahim, N.; Ahmed, S.; Abdul Rashid, S.H.; Taha, Z. (2012) Effective virtual teams for new product development. Scientific Research and Essay, 7 (21). pp. 1971-1985. ISSN 1992-2248 [img] PDF - Submitted Version Download (609Kb) | Preview Official URL: http://www.academicjournals.org/sre/abstracts/abst... Abstract 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. From literature review, the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams are identified and these factors are modified using a field survey. The relationship between knowledge workers (people), process and technology in virtual teams is explored in this study. The results of the study suggest that technology and process are tightly correlated and need to be considered early in virtual teams. The use of software as a service, web solution, report generator and tracking system should be incorporated for effectiveness virtual teams. Item Type: Article Creators: Ale Ebrahim, N.(1 Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Ahmed, S. Abdul Rashid, S.H. Taha, Z. Journal or Publication Title: Scientific Research and Essay Additional Information: Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Uncontrolled Keywords: Virtual teams, collaboration, questionnaires, communication, information, integration, performance, success, cross-functional teams, product development. Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > L Education (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) Divisions: Faculty o
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  • Co-sourcing in software development offshoring: A case study of risk perception and alleviation
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    "Co-sourcing in software development offshoring: A case study of risk perception and alleviation Research - peer-review › Article in proceeding Documents Schlichter_&_Persson_2013_-_The co-sourcing strategy in software development offshoring 301 KB, PDF-document 03/12/13 Links Proceedings By the same authors Business-case metode for kommunale IT-investeringer, version 2.0 Book The Cross-Cultural Knowledge Sharing Challenge: An Investigation of the Co-location Strategy in Software Development Offshoring Article in proceeding A Business Case Method for IT Investments in Danish Municipalities Book chapter Agile distributed software development : enacting control through media and context Journal article E-government value priorities of Danish local authority managers Book chapter Bjarne Rerup Schlichter John Stouby Persson Department of Computer Science Research Centre for Socio-Interactive Design Information Systems SFX-link View graph of relations Software development projects are increasingly geographical distributed with offshoring, which introduce complex risks that can lead to project failure. Co-sourcing is a highly integrative and cohesive approach, seen successful, to software development offshoring. However, research of how co-sourcing shapes the perception and alleviation of common offshoring risks is limited. We present a case study of how a certified CMMI-level 5 Danish software supplier approaches these risks in offshore co-sourcing. The paper explains how common offshoring risks are perceived and alleviated when adopting the co-sourcing strategy in a mature (CMMI level 5) software development organization. We found that most of the common offshoring risks were perceived and alleviated in accordance with previous research, with the exception of the task distribution risk area. In this case, high task uncertainty, equivocality, and coupling across sites was perce
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  • ollaboration has become more important to global organizations as they handle the increasing dispersal of their activities across space, time, and organizational boundaries. How to get dispersed teams of knowledge workers and decision-makers to work together in more efficient and effective ways has driven organizational adoption and use of collaborative technologies. Collaborative systems support networks of spatially dispersed actors (either humans or not) that play different roles and cooperate to achieve common goals, which are usually non-technological goals. On the other hand, collaboration is obviously enabled by the several technological building blocks that contribute to set up a collaborative system. Traditionally, most of the efforts in the context of collaborative systems have mainly addressed technology issues, while collaboration issues have been dealt with to a very limited extent, more as a side effect of an innovative technology rather than as a driver that brings technology closer to people and organizational needs. This special issue fosters innovative research contributions addressing collaborative systems that help to create the right conditions for effective cooperation and coordination, thereby boosting factors like productivity, innovation and creativity. It will include invited papers from experts from academia, industry, and government as well as contributed papers describing original work on the current state of research in collaborative technologies, collaborative systems and all related issues. The issue aims at presenting the state-of-the-art and future of collaborative technologies and systems. Another aim is discussion of the emergence of integrated collaborative environments, as well as other issues and trends that are influencing the collaboration marketplace.
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  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2011): The effectiveness of virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs. Published in: Industrial Engineering and Management Systems , Vol. 10, No. 2 (June 2011): pp. 109-114.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010): Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs. Published in: African Journal of Business Management , Vol. 4, No. 11 (04. September 2010): pp. 2368-2379.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari (2010): Virtual R&D Teams: A potential growth of education-industry collaboration. Published in: In: 2010 2nd International Congress on Engineering Education (ICEED 2010), 8th - 9th December Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (08. December 2010): pp. 7-9.
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  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010): SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review. Published in: International Journal of the Physical Sciences , Vol. 5, No. 7 (July 2010): pp. 916-930.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2010): Critical factors for new product developments in SMEs virtual team. Published in: African Journal of Business Management , Vol. 4, No. 11 (04. September 2010): pp. 2247-2257.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Envisages of New Product Developments in Small and Medium Enterprises through Virtual Team. Published in: Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Dhaka, Bangladesh (09. January 2010): pp. 1-10.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team. Published in: European Journal of Scientific Research , Vol. 34, No. 3 (2009): pp. 297-307.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): A conceptual model of virtual product development process. Published in: In: 2nd Seminar on Engineering and Information Technology, (SEIT 2009), Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. (08. July 2009): pp. 191-196. Sipos, Gabriela Lucia and Ciurea, Jeanina Biliana (2009): Financial appraisal of the innovation projects. Published in: Serbian Journal of Management , Vol. 4, No. 1 (2009): pp. 117-125. Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Virtual Teams for New Product Development – An Innovative Experience for R&D Engineers. Published in: European Journal of Educational Studies , Vol. 1, No. 3 (October 2009): pp. 109-123. Shafia, Mohammad Ali; Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Innovation Process is Facilitated in Virtual Environment of R&D Teams. Published in: International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN09), Barcelona, Spain. (08. July 2009): pp. 2157-2166. Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Modified stage-gate: A conceptual model of virtual product development process. Published in: African Journal of Marketing Management , Vol. 1, No. 9 (2009): pp. 211-219.
  • Shafia, Mohammad Ali; Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Consideration of the virtual team work and disabled citizens, as promising opportunity providers for the e government infrastructure's formation. Published in: The Second Conference on Electronic City (e-city 2009), Tehran, Iran. (25. May 2009): pp. 959-966.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2009): Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review. Published in: Scientific Research and Essays , Vol. 4, No. 13 (December 2009): pp. 1575-1590. Izmirlioglu, Yusuf (2008): The Impact of Population Ageing on Technological Progress and TFP Growth, with Application to United States: 1950-2050. Unpublished. Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Virtuality, Innovation and R&D Activities. Published in: 14th International Conference on Thinking (ICOT 2009). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (24. June 2009): pp. 515-529. Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Virtual teams: A literature review. Published in: Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences , Vol. 3, No. 3 (2009): pp. 2653-2669.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Concurrent Collaboration in Research and Development. Published in: proceeding of National Conference on Design and Concurrent Engineering (DECON) 2008, Melaka, Malaysia. (28. October 2008): pp. 1-4.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): Literature, Principle and the basics of Network Value Creation in R&D: The relationship with economy. Published in: In: Seventh conference of Industries and Mines R&D Centers- R&D and Network Value Creation, Tehran, Iran. (29. June 2008): pp. 1-8. Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): New Product Development in Virtual Environment. Published in: International Conference on Technology Management and Innovation in China: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, CAMOT 2008, UIBE, Beijing, China, (22. October 2008): pp. 203-218. Sipos, Gabriela Lucia and Ciurea, Jeanina Biliana (2008): Methods for innovation projects risk evaluation. Published in: Book of Proceedings of the May Conference on Strategic Management (June 2008): pp. 82-90. Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2008): R&D Network and value Creation in SMEs. Published in: In: Seventh conference of Industries and Mines R&D Centers- R&D and Network Value Creation, Tehran, Iran. (30. June 2008): pp. 1-6.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ghazizadeh, Ali; Golnam, Arash and Tahbaz Tavakoli, Hamid (2007): R&D Management in Iran, Opportunities and Threats. Published in: 16th International Conference on Management of Technology (IAMOT 2007), "Management of Technology for the Service Economy", Miami Beach Resort & Spa, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. (15. May 2007): pp. 1-7.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim; Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari (2011): The effectiveness of virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs. Published in: Industrial Engineering and Management Systems , Vol. 10, No. 2 (June 2011): pp. 109-114.
  • Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Salwa Hanim, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari (2011): Technology Use in the Virtual R&D Teams. Published in: American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences , Vol. 5, No. 1 (31. January 2012): pp. 9-14.
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  • A virtual team (also known as a geographically dispersed team or GDT) is a group of individuals who work across time, space and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. Powell, Piccoli and Ives define virtual teams in their literature review article "as groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed workers brought together by information and telecommunication technologies to accomplish one or more organizational tasks"[1]. Ale Ebrahim, Ahmed, & Taha, in their recent literature review article (2009), added two new key issue in the virtual teams definition “a virtual team: small temporary groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed knowledge workers who coordinate their work, predominantly with electronic information and communication technologies in order to accomplish one or more organization tasks” [2]. Members of virtual teams communicate electronically and may never meet face-to-face. Virtual teams are made possible by a proliferation of fiber optic technology that has significantly increased the scope of off-site communication.[3] Virtual teams allow companies to procure the best talent without geographical restrictions.[3] According to Hambley, O’Neil, & Kline (2007), "virtual teams require new ways of working across boundaries through systems, processes, technology, and people,[4] which requires effective leadership...despite the widespread increase in virtual teamwork, there has been relatively little focus on the role of virtual team leaders."
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  • Virtual Teams: a Literature Review Shared By:Nader Ale Ebrahim Date:2012-08-04 00:06:37 Source:Scribd Store:Free Docs Category:Science & Technology Tags:Literature Review > Virtual Teams > Basic > Australian Journal > Applied Sciences Archives:Aug 4th, 2012 > Week 31, 2012 > August, 2012 Format:pdf Length:17 Pages Copyright:Attribution Non-commercial Abstract:ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. Virtual Teams: a Literature Review. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3, 2653-2669. Favourite:favourite();Add to Favorite > Twitter This > Send to Facebook
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    "Virtual Teams: a Literature Review Shared By:Nader Ale Ebrahim Date:2012-08-04 00:06:37 Source:Scribd Store:Free Docs Category:Science & Technology Tags:Literature Review > Virtual Teams > Basic > Australian Journal > Applied Sciences Archives:Aug 4th, 2012 > Week 31, 2012 > August, 2012 Format:pdf Length:17 Pages Copyright:Attribution Non-commercial Abstract:ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. Virtual Teams: a Literature Review. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3, 2653-2669. Favourite:Add to Favorite > Twitter This > Send to Facebook"
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    " 23 May 2012 Does globalization mean we will become one culture? Mark Pagel Science & Environment Health Technology City Share Facebook Twitter Fast food outlets around the world (Images copyright: Getty Images) (Images copyright: Getty Images) Modern humans have created many thousands of distinct cultures. So what will it mean if globalization turns us into one giant, homogenous world culture? "
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  • Nader Ale Ebrahim on 11 Mar 13
     
    " [Paper] Virtual R&D Teams in Small and Medium Enterprises: A Literature Review (Citations: 1) Nader Ale Ebrahim, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Zahari Taha Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in generating employment and supporting trade, they face numerous challenges, the prominent among them are the need to respond to fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Towards that end, research and development (R&D) aspect deserves particular attention to promote and facilitate the operations of SMEs. Virtual R&D team could be a viable option. However, literature shows that virtual R&D teaming in SMEs is still at its infancy. This article provides a comprehensive literature review on different aspects of virtual R&D teams collected from the reputed publications. The purpose of the state-of-the-art literature review is to provide an overview on the structure and dynamics of R&D collaboration in SMEs. Specifying the foundation and importance of virtual teams, the relationship between virtual R&D team and SMEs has been examined. It concludes with the identification of the gaps in the existing literatures and calls for future research. It is argued that setting-up an infrastructure for virtual R&D team in SMEs still requires a large amount of engineering efforts and deserves consideration at top level management. Published in 2010. View Publication ( www.academicjournals.org ) Citation Context (1) ...Reference [11] developed one of the most comprehensive and widely accepted definitions of virtual teams: "virtual team is the small temporary groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed knowledge workers who coordinate their work, predominantly with electronic information and communication technologies in order to accomplish one or more organization tasks"... ...The availability of a flexible and configurable base infr
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  • Goodbye Pareto Principle, Hello Long Tail: The Effect of Search Costs on the Concentration of Product Sales Management Science, Forthcoming Erik Brynjolfsson , Yu Jeffrey Hu and Duncan Simester Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management , Purdue University - Krannert School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management Date Posted: December 26, 2006 Last Revised: April 05, 2011 Accepted Paper Series 6502 downloads Integrity: Where Leadership Begins - A New Model of Integrity (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides) Barbados Group Working Paper No. 07-03, Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 07-03 Werner Erhard , Michael C. Jensen and Steve Zaffron Independent , Harvard Business School and Landmark Education LLC Date Posted: May 11, 2007 Last Revised: December 11, 2012 Working Paper Series 6502 downloads Perspectives in Supply Chain Risk Management: A Review Christopher S. Tang UCLA Anderson School Date Posted: August 20, 2006 Working Paper Series 1620 downloads Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers Harvard Business School Technology & Operations Mgt. Unit Research Paper No. 09-018, Management Science, Forthcoming David I. Levine and Michael W. Toffel University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Harvard Business School (HBS) - Technology & Operations Management Unit Date Posted: August 20, 2008 Last Revised: January 23, 2010 Working Paper Series 1496 downloads Productivity Effects of Information Diffusion in Networks Sinan Aral , Erik Brynjolfsson and Marshall W. Van Alstyne New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Boston University - Department of Management Information Systems Date Posted: May 21, 2007 Working Paper Series 1488 downloads Supply Chain Competency: Learning as a Key Component Darden Business School Working Paper No. 01-16 Robert E. Spekman , Joseph Spear and John Kamauff University of Virginia (UVA) - Darden School of Business , University of Richmond and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Arlington Office Date Posted: September 06, 2001 Working Paper Series 1117 downloads Supply Chain Management: An Opportunity For Metaheuristics UPF Economics and Business Working Paper No. 538 Helena Ramalhinho Dias Lourenço Universitat Pompeu Date Posted: June 29, 2001 Working Paper Series 993 downloads The Impact of Service Operations Failures on Customer Satisfaction: Evidence on How Failures and Their Source Affect What Matters to Customers Shannon W. Anderson , Scott Baggett and Sally K. Widener University of California, Davis , Rice University and Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business Date Posted: April 02, 2007 Working Paper Series 936 downloads Accountants, from Tradition to Transition: The Impact of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems DIR, Research Division SDA BOCCONI Working Paper No. 02-67 Ariela Caglio Bocconi University - Department of Accounting Date Posted: February 24, 2002 Working Paper Series 870 downloads Virtual Teams: A Literature Review Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 2653-2669, 2009 Nader Ale Ebrahim , Shamsuddin Ahmed and Zahari Taha University of Malaya - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering , University of Malaya (UM) and University of Malaya (UM) Date Posted: November 07, 2009 Accepted Paper Series 837 downloads
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    " Virtual Teams: A Literature Review Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 2653-2669, 2009 Nader Ale Ebrahim , Shamsuddin Ahmed and Zahari Taha University of Malaya - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering , University of Malaya (UM) and University of Malaya (UM) Date Posted: November 07, 2009 Accepted Paper Series 836 downloads"
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Dropbox - Great Space Race! - Simplify your life - 0 views

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    " Great Space Race! Earn free Dropbox space for everyone at your school! Sign up (or sign in if you're already on Dropbox) to get an extra 3 GB for two years, plus the space your school earns! or sign inCreate an account First name Last name Email Password Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. Any file you place in your Dropbox folder will automatically save to all your computers, phones and even the Dropbox website. With Dropbox you can share your stuff easily with friends, family and classmates. Global Leaderboard SCHOOL NUMBER OF SPACE RACERS TOTAL POINTS 1 National University of Singapore 14,274 28,446 points 2 Delft University of Technology 8,921 19,871 points 3 Nanyang Technological University 9,382 18,850 points 4 National Taiwan University 8,033 16,571 points 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7,116 15,478 points 6 Universidade Técnica de Lisboa 5,860 12,936 points 7 University of California Berkeley 6,060 12,574 points 8 Carnegie Mellon University 5,304 10,924 points 9 Universidade do Porto 4,682 10,076 points 10 Singapore Management University 4,425 9,267 points"
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Coaching wielokulturowych zespołów wirtualnych - Portal Pracy - Ogłoszenia ze... - 0 views

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    "Coaching wielokulturowych zespołów wirtualnych 20.03.2012 11:00 2 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy Tagi: Quality, Czas, Europie, International, Projekt, Prace, Główny, Logistics, Systems, Przygotowanie, Projektu, Business, Grupa, Organizacja, Global, Group, Work, Team, Start, Page, Akademii, Jako, Management, Engineering, Development a5Bożena Wujec, Rozdział w książce pod red. Lidii D. Czarkowskiej "Coaching katalizator rozwoju organizacji"; Referat wygłoszony na II Międzynarodowej Konferencji Coachingu &Coaching jako katalizator rozwoju organizacji&, Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego, 23-25 stycznia 2011 Coaching zespołów wirtualnych, które dodatkowo są wielokulturowe jest złożonym rodzajem interwencji. Zawiera w sobie aspekty związane z nie tylko z funkcjonowaniem indywidualnych osób i grup, lecz także zespołów międzynarodowych i wielokulturowych w wyjątkowym, wirtualnym środowisku pracy. Organizacje pierwszej dekady XXI wieku działające w niezwykle dynamicznym, zmiennym i złożonym środowisku stają obecnie przed szeregiem ważnych wyzwań. Po pierwsze, wszelka działalność ekonomiczna zmierza w kierunku globalizacji (Acs, Preston 1997). Po drugie, ograniczoność zasobów planety oraz kwestie ekologiczne powodują konieczność zupełnie nowych, innowacyjnych rozwiązań technologicznych. Po trzecie, niezwykle wysoka globalna konkurencyjność wymaga szybkich działań biznesowych i skrócenia czasu dotarcia produktu na rynek. Nowe wyzwania kreują potrzebę nowych rozwiązań w sferze badań i rozwoju, technologii produkcji, organizacji oraz nowoczesnych metod pracy i logistyki. Jest to niezwykłe zadanie biorąc pod uwagę fakt, że ściśle współpracujące ze sobą działy są często odległe od siebie o tysiące kilometrów i kilka stref czasowych. Z drugiej strony, szybki rozwój mediów informatycznych i elektronicznych powoduje, że ich praca staje się prostsza, szybsza i bardziej efektywna (Hertel 2005). Złożone zadania
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Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs - 0 views

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    "Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs 1 year ago 1 Comments 120 Views Project, Program & Portfolio Management 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 better understanding of the application of collaborative technologies in business, to find the effective factors to assist SMEs to remain competitive in the future. The paper stresses to find an answer for a question "Is there any relationship between company size, Internet connection facility and virtuality?". The survey data shows SMEs are now technologically capable of performing the virtual collaborative team, but the infrastructure usage is less. SMEs now have the necessary technology to begin the implementation process of collaboration tools to reduce research and development (R&D) time, costs and increase productivity. So, the manager of R&D should take the potentials of virtual teams into account."
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Is Working Virtually Making Us More Disconnected? - AMA Shift - 0 views

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  • Nader Ale Ebrahim on 26 Apr 12
     
    "Is Working Virtually Making Us More Disconnected? By Yael Zofi Is it easier for virtual workers to relate to their computers than to each other? For decades, "the office" has been as central to the white-collar economy as factories are to industry. But today's Internet communication technologies enable employees to communicate effortlessly across space and in real time, while project-management software allows their bosses to coordinate and monitor that work remotely. This technological shift has only been accelerated by the economic recession, as internal restructuring aimed at cutting costs, and the Darwinian survival of companies with the lowest overhead, have replaced physical workplaces with distributed workforces. As brick-and-mortar buildings and square-feet of physical space are increasingly seen as inefficiencies from an earlier age, there's a question all businesses should be asking: are we eliminating certain kinds of employee interaction that, directly or otherwise, contribute to productivity? Or put another way, are human connections important to corporate health? In a study commissioned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of BBC's breakout comedy "The Office," Virgin Media Business recently surveyed 1000 U.K. Workers. When asked whether the offices of today will exist in ten years, 50 percent of respondents responded in the negative. Giving credence to this point of view is an MIT study on the rise of the virtual office, which forecasts increased adoption despite privacy and security issues associated with technology. Rather pointedly, though, the study concludes that "snazzy digital tools" are no substitute for able employees, and that "the office of the future might have fewer people in it, but the ones who are there will matter more than ever." Who can argue with the appeal of interactive media tools that offer convenience, speed and efficiency? Does anybody think there are real gains to be had by returning to electric
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