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Dana E. Jarvis, MPA, MSW, is a Former U.S. Marine with over 18 years of management and leadership experience focused on organizational development in collocated and virtual environments.  His collaborative approach has engaged diverse stakeholders via projects in management consulting, learning and development and strategic human resources.  Major project outcomes led by Dana include corporate universities, performance management systems, leadership programs, strategic planning initiatives, supervisory training program and a values-based cultural endeavor.  Along his journey, Dana has developed and taught graduate courses at multiple universities.  Currently, he is a Visiting Instructor at the Palumbo * Donahue School of Business at Duquesne University.  Dana’s graduate business courses integrate theoretical and practical applications of topics on virtual teams, leadership, business ethics, diversity, management, strategy, change and assessment.  In contributing to the fields he works in, Dana is the author of the “7 Essentials for Managing Virtual Teams”, a regular contribute to Dear Workforce and speaker at international conferences.  Dana’s ongoing insights on accelerating organizational success can be found at www.danajarvis.org.

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 potential for the growth of SMEs. Due to the fast-growing complexity of new products coupled with new emerging opportunities of virtual teams, a collaborative approach is believed to be the future trend. This research explores the effectiveness of virtuality in SMEs` virtual R&D teams. Online questionnaires were emailed to Malaysian manufacturing SMEs and 74 usable questionnaires were received, representing a 20.8 percent return rate. In order to avoid biases which may result from pre-suggested answers, a series of open-ended questions were retrieved from the experts. This study was focused on analyzing an open-ended question, whereby four main themes were extracted from the experts` recommendations regarding the effectiveness of virtual teams for the growth and performance of SMEs. The findings of this study would be useful to product design managers of SMEs in order to realize the key advantages and significance of virtual R&D teams during the new product development (NPD) process. This is turn, leads to increased effectiveness in new product development`s procedure.

Special Issue Section : The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs - 발행기관 대한산업공학회 - 발행정보 IEMS , 10 권 , 2 호 , Startpage 109 , Endpage 114, Totalpage 6 - 저자 ( Nader Ale Ebrahim ) , ( Salwa Hanim Abdul Rashid ) , ( Shamsuddin Ahmed ) , ( Zahari Taha ) - 가격 3,000 원 - 발행년도 2011 - 주제키워드 Virtual Teams, New Product Development, Survey Finding, Small and Medium Enterprises

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

( Nader Ale Ebrahim ) , ( Salwa Hanim Abdul Rashid ) , ( Shamsuddin Ahmed ) , ( Zahari Taha )

( Nader Ale Ebrahim ) , ( Salwa Hanim Abdul Rashid ) , ( Shamsuddin Ahmed ) , ( Zahari Taha )

Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team - Ebrahim, Ahmed, et al. - 2009

Benefits and Pitfalls of Virtual R&D Teams: An Empirical Study 下载全文 Abstract:In this paper, advantages and drawbacks of virtual teams in research and development (R&D) are studied. With the globalization of commercial practices and advances in information and communication technologies, increasing numbers of enterprises are establishing cross-functional, geographically distributed virtual teams. Virtual teams in R&D are designed to access external resources and knowledge to maximize the competitive advantage from limited labor and resources. A survey has been conducted on 210 Malaysian and Iranian manufacturing companies, aimed to investigate the characteristics of R&D collaborations and extract the main advantages/disadvantages ’ factors of virtual teams. These factors can be a guide line for R&D manager to achieve better performance of virtual teams. Author: Nader Ale Ebrahim Shamsuddin Ahmed Zahari Taha Year:2010 Source:IN: 6TH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE (ICTM 2010) Volume-OnPage: Keyword: 相似文献 [1] Bai Zi-li Liu Chang-you Li Hui-ya Empirical study on the R&D spillover effect among regional industries[2] Zhou Zhengzhu An empirical study of the external motivation about R&D outsourcing[3] Bin-Feng Chai Empirical study on the relationship between R&D investment, capital structure, and firm size of China private listed Companies[4] Wei, Li Gen-dao, Li Functioning of co-opetition on the R&D efficiency and productivity growth: An empirical study of Chinese pharmaceutical companies[5] Qiang He Song Chen Jian Zhang An empirical study of board education's distribution and R&D expenditure from listed manufacturing firms in China[6] Zhu, Jie Chen, Shuang Lu, Qiang Measuring member performance in multi-functional R&D teams: an empirical study with GAHP analysis[7] Ziqi Liao Greenfield, P.F. Corporate R&D strategy portfolio in Japanese and Australian technology-based firms: an empirical study[8] Nader Ale Ebrahim Shamsuddin Ahmed Zahari Taha Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs[9] Li Yinsheng Hu Baomin Zhang Die An empirical research on R&D investment and economic growth[10] Ureyen, R. Meydanli, I.I. Koksaldi, S. Reorganization of an industrial R&D center: a case study

M. A. Wazed1, a, S. Ahmed1, b, Y. Nukman, c and Nader Ale Ebrahim (2012), Models for Component Commonality in Multistage Production, Applied Mechanics and Materials Vols. 110-116 (2012) pp 258-266 (ISI-Cited Publication)

Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S. & Taha, Z., Effective Virtual Teams for New Product Development. Scientific Research and Essay(ISI indexed-Q2) (ISI-Cited Publication) Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S. & Taha, Z., Virtual Teams in R&D, Advantages and Pitfalls: An Empirical Study, Advanced Science Letters (ISI-indexed). (ISI-Cited Publication)

Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S.*, Abdul Rashid, S. H., Taha, Z. & Wazed, M. (2012), "Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs" Advanced Materials Research, 433-440, 1653-1659 (ISI cited). (ISI-Cited Publication)

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 operations of SMEs. However, literature shows there has not been a great deal of research into the diverse characteristic of virtual R&D teams in SMEs. This article provides a comprehensive literature review on different aspects of virtual R&D teams collected from the reputed publications. The purpose of the literature review is to provide an outline on the structure and dynamics of R&D collaboration in SMEs. Specifying the rationale and relevance of virtual teams, the relationship between virtual R&D team for SMEs and new product development (NPD) has been examined. It concludes with identifying the gaps and feebleness in the existing literature's and calls for future research in this area. It is argued to form of virtual R&D team deserves consideration at top level management for venturing into the new product development within SMEs. Key words: Virtual teams, small and medium enterprises, new product development, R&D.