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Nader Ale Ebrahim on 27 Apr 12"Review Article Toward a Theoretical Concept of E-Collaboration through Project Management in SMEs for Reducing Time and Cost in New Product: A Review M. Mohammadjafari, S.Z.M. Dawal, S. Ahmed and H. Zayandehroodi ABSTRACT Reducing time and efficient project execution is an objective in many industries and project management is one of the important keys for lead the company to this allegation. The project manager needs some tools for lead the firm to the success. Collaboration is one way to success and collaboration has many types, one kind is electronic collaboration. On the other hand, small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) are a part of manufacturing industries. Combining a literature review with our empirical experience we found that relationship between the project manager and related departments for production is essential for reducing time and cost in new product development. In this study, we describe about some definition of project management, E-collaboration, SMEs and new product and review some articles around this area. Services E-mail This Article Related Articles in ASCI Similar Articles in this Journal Search in Google Scholar View Citation Report Citation How to cite this article: M. Mohammadjafari, S.Z.M. Dawal, S. Ahmed and H. Zayandehroodi, 2011. Toward a Theoretical Concept of E-Collaboration through Project Management in SMEs for Reducing Time and Cost in New Product: A Review. Journal of Applied Sciences, 11: 174-182. DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.174.182 URL: http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2011.174.182 Received: August 16, 2010; Accepted: September 30, 2010; Published: November 10, 2010 INTRODUCTION Manufacturing industries play a vital role in many countries. SMEs are a part of manufacturing industries, but they have some limitation for attending and also for remaining in the market, especially in the global market (Mohammadjafari et al., 2010a). SMEs cannot compete with big companies, unless, they attend to customer needs.