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" Critical Factors for New Product Developments in SMEs Virtual Team"

" 1 Virtual Teams For New Product Development - An Innovative Experience For R&D Engineers (Hide Details...) Author(s) : Nader Ale Ebrahim; Shamsuddin Ahmed; Zahari Taha; Author Address : Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya (UM) Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia Source : European Journal of Educational Studies ; Vol.1 No.3 Oct 2009 Keyword(s) : Virtual R&D Teams; New Product Development; Virtual Experience; R&D Engineers; Abstract : Abstract Peer Reviewed 2 Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team (Hide Details...) Author(s) : Nader Ale Ebrahim; Shamsuddin Ahmed; Zahari Taha; Author Address : Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya 50603 Lembah Pantai,Kuala Lumpur Malaysiad.ms-ex Source : European Journal of Scientific Research ; Vol.34 No.3 Aug 2009 [Page 297-307] Keyword(s) : Virtual team; Literature review; Innovation; Research and Development=al; Abstract : 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. It is necessary for them to put together different capabilities and services with the goal, through cooperation between suppliers and customers, service providers and scientific institutions to achieve innovations of high quality. Depending on the type of industry, the type of business, the type of innovation and the strategic objectives that have been set, firms will regularly have to modify the way in which their R&D and innovation is organized. Nowadays shift from serial to simultaneous and parallel working in innovation has become more commonplace. Literatures have shown that collaboration is as a meta-capability for innovation