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" In honor of Cyber Monday, we're celebrating the benefits of working virtually! Increased Productivity Virtual teams aren't limited by the distractions of typical offices. There are no water cooler distractions or constant interruptions. Many studies have proven that virtual teams work longer and harder than their counterparts in office buildings. Better Tools & Systems To effectively work in cyberspace, virtual teams utilize a number of tools and systems to communicate and stay organized. This tends to lead to increased creativity and accountability. Expert Team When not limited by proximity (good parking, subway, childcare), you are free to hire the best of the best. This opens up your business to a world of opportunities, literally. Reduced Costs Most virtual teams are paid by the hour or project, meaning you only pay for what you require. You don't pay for coffee or lunch breaks, computers or any other of the many expenses required for a typical office. *And keep in mind that there are reduced costs to the virtual support team, with no parking, travel, lunch, dry cleaning, etc. Overall, win, win, win for all including the environment. Less Impact on the Environment By eliminating the need to commute, virtual workers eliminate pollution from transportation. Eliminating commuting time also ensures virtual workers start their day fresh and ready to dive in. The bottom line is that virtual teams are constantly growing and are here to stay. As technology continues to develop, more and more individuals will choose to work virtually. Corporations have already begun to follow suit and will continue to do so as they realize the potential benefits."

"Dealing With Virtual R&D Teams In New Product Development by Nader Ale Ebrahim نادر آل ابراهیم National and global collaboration in research and development (R&D) is becoming increasingly important in creating the knowledge that makes research and business more competitive. Multinational enterprises have increased their research... more More Info: ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. (2008). Dealing with Virtual R&D Teams in New Product Development. In: The 9th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference and the 11th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Foundation for Production Research, 3 - 5 December 2008 Nusa Dua, Bali - Indonesia. Printed in Bandung, INDONESIA, by Department of Industrial Engineering Institut Teknologi Bandung, 795-806. Publication Name: knu.edu.tw Research Interests: Literature Review, Technology Management, Industrial Engneering, Virtual Teams (Virtual Communication), Virtual R&D teams, and 5 more 2 SMEs: ERP or Virtual Collaboration Teams by Nader Ale Ebrahim نادر آل ابراهیم Small firms are indeed the engines of global economic growth. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role to promote economic development. SMEs in the beginning of implementing new technologies always face capital shortage... more More Info: ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. (2009). SMEs: ERP or Virtual Collaboration Teams. In: First Enterprise Resource Planning conference, January 27-28 Tehran, Iran. 1-12. Research Interests: Literature Review, Engineering Product Design, New Product Development, Operations Research, Collaboration Technology, and 10 more Download () 11 Virtuality, innovation and R&D activities by Nader Ale Ebrahim نادر آل ابراهیم 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

"Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari and Wazed, M. A. (2012) Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs. Advanced Materials Research, 433-44. pp. 1653-1659. ISSN 1022-6680 [img] Text Virtual Collaborative team.pdf Download (487Kb) | Preview Official URL: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1999447 Abstract 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. Item Type: Article Uncontrolled Keywords: Small and medium enterprises, Collaborative tools, Questionnaires, Virtual teams. Subjects: H Social Sciences / társadalomtudományok > HD Industries. Land use. Labor / ipar, földhasználat, munkaügy > HD1 Industries / ipar L Education / oktatás > L1 Education (General) / oktatás általában Q Science / természettudomány > Q1 Science (General) / természettudomány általában T Technology / alkalmazott, műszaki tudományok > T2 Technology (General) / műszaki tudományok általában T Technolog

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"Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim and Taha, Zahari and Wazed, M. A. Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs. Advanced Materials Research, 2012, vol. 433-44, pp. 1653-1659. [Journal Article (Print/Paginated)] [img] Text Virtual Collaborative team.pdf - Published version Download (487Kb) | Preview Alternative locations: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1999447, http://eprints.um.edu.my/2574/1/AMR.433-440.1653.pdf English abstract 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. Item type: Journal Article (Print/Paginated) Keywords: Small and medium enterprises, Collaborative tools, Questionnaires, Virtual teams. Subjects: C. Users, literacy and reading. G. Industry, profession and education. G. Industry, profession and education. > GH. Education. L. Information technology and library technology. Depositing user: Dr. Nader Ale Ebrahim Date deposited: 03 Jul 2013 14:09 Last modified: 03 Jul 2013 14:09 U

"Virtual Teams for New Product Development - An Innovative Experience for R&D Engineers Nader Ale Ebrahim, Shamsuddin Ahmed and Zahari Taha MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Abstract: New interaction tools such as internet allow companies to gain valuable input from research and development (R&D) engineers via virtual teams. Consequently, engineers also get more expertise in diminutive time frames. Virtual R&D teams present the key impetus to the technology acquisition process. The present knowledge-economy era is characterized by short product life-cycles. Virtual R&D teams may reduce time-to-market, make available a large pool of new product know-how and provide greater flexibilities, which are the key success factors in a competitive market. This comprehensive review contains almost 100 references and covers the recent literature with emphasis on the topic. The review has focused on authentic and reputed publications and extracts the results. This article presents the type of virtual teams and their main features and explains how virtual R&D team can play a prominent role in developing new products. The article is evolved future study guideline and also illustrates how to apply virtual interaction tools and integrate engineers into the innovation process. Management of virtual R&D teams in new product development (NPD) processes in an innovative, effective and efficient is of a high importance, but the issue has been poorly addressed in the previous studies. Findings show that virtual R&D team provides valuable input for new product development and R&D engineers are able to attain virtual experience. Keywords: Virtual R&D Teams; New Product Development; Virtual Experience; R&D Engineers (search for similar items in EconPapers) JEL-codes: L6 O32 M12 A2 O1 M11 P42 O3 L15 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Date: 2009-03, Revised 2009-07 References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc Citations View ci

"revious: HOWTO work from home Remote Worker, Distributed Team 13 September 2010 remote team All work-from-home gigs are not created equal. There is a vast ocean between being a member of a distributed team and just being a remote worker. The groups of "remote worker" and "distributed team member" are neither a super-set nor a sub-set of one another. Insead, they can be represented as a typical Venn diagram. Venn diagram Remote Worker A remote worker is someone who simply isn't in the office. He's off on his own. Somewhere. When you're a remote worker on a team, you might be the only remote worker on that team. If you've worked on a traditional team, but suddenly got moved to Montana to tend to your family's bison ranch, and your employer didn't want to let go of you, you're a remote worker. The other 11 guys on the team are not remote workers. And you're not on a distributed team at all. Distributed Team A distributed team simply means that you and the vast majority of people you interact with are not near each other. No mention of "at home" is included in this definition. If your company has 20 offices scattered across the globe, and your team has a member in each, you're a distributed team. You all might be sitting in your cubicle at each office, so you're not automatically remote. But you might as well be. Why it matters When I joined Twine.com, my coworkers and I were all remote, every last one of us. That forced our team to be distributed. And it worked fantastically well. After an injection of funding, offices were opened in San Francisco, and most of the team relocated. Except me. I was suddenly just a remote worker. When the team is distributed, all communication happens on an equal footing for all members. You use IRC, mailing lists, bug-trackers. You're forced to not rely on hallway conversations or lunch-break chatter. Everyone can participate equally. When you're a remote worker, on the other hand, you completely miss out on many communic

" Alanah Mitchell, Ilze Zigurs Trust in virtual teams: solved or still a mystery? Search on Bibsonomy DATA BASE The full citation details ... 2009 DBLP DOI BibTeX RDF computer mediated groups, group task, trust, virtual teams, distributed teams, collaboration technology 3 Rose Saikayasit, Sarah Sharples The Influence of Shared-Representation on Shared Mental Models in Virtual Teams. Search on Bibsonomy HCI The full citation details ... 2009 DBLP DOI BibTeX RDF shared-representation, collaboration, virtual teams, shared mental models 3 Niina Nurmi Unique Stressors of Cross-Cultural Collaboration through ICTs in Virtual Teams. Search on Bibsonomy HCI The full citation details ... 2009 DBLP DOI BibTeX RDF Coping, Virtual Teams, Stress, Cross-Cultural Collaboration 3 Hilko Donker, Malte Blumberg Collaborative process management and virtual teams. Search on Bibsonomy CHASE The full citation details ... 2008 DBLP DOI BibTeX RDF groupware, project management, virtual teams, process management, collaborative process, collaborative software, team effectiveness 3 Anne Powell, Gabriele Piccoli, Blake Ives Virtual teams: a review of current literature and directions for future research. Search on Bibsonomy DATA BASE The full citation details ... 2004 DBLP DOI BibTeX RDF IS teams, distributed collaborative work, computer mediated communication, virtual teams 3 Pierre A. Balthazard, Richard E. Potter, John Warren Expertise, extraversion and group interaction styles as performance indicators in virtual teams: how do perceptions of IT's performance get formed? Search on Bibsonomy DATA BASE The full citation details ... 2004 DBLP DOI BibTeX RDF big five personality model, contextual performance, extraversion, group interaction styles, virtual teams, expertise, task performance 3 Claude Godart, Pascal Molli, Gérald Oster, Olivier Perrin, Hala Skaf-Molli, Pradeep Ray, Fethi A. Rabhi The ToxicFarm Integrated Cooperation Framework for Vi

"Virtual R&D Teams: A New Model for Product Development Other Languages ID: 41771 Authors: Nader Ale Ebrahim Journal: International Journal of Innovation Abstract: Increased global competitions have urged small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to develop new products faster. Virtual research and development (R&D) teams in SMEs can offer a solution to speed up time-to-market of new product development (NPD). However, factors that affect the effectiveness of virtual teams for NPD are still not adequately verified. This paper presents the correlations between virtual R&D team constructs and virtual team effectiveness by developing a "Virtual Research and Development Team" (ViR&DT) model. The items, which may influence the effectiveness of virtual teams, are taken from the literature. Through an online survey and by application of structural equation modeling (SEM) technique, the proposed model (ViR&DT) has been tested. The results suggest that the process construct is strongly correlated to the effectiveness of virtual teams. Therefore, NPD managers in virtual R&D teams should concentrate on the process of new product development rather than simply equipping the teams with the latest technology or employing highly qualified experts. Further empirical research is recommended to fully explore and appreciate the breadth of application of the ViR&DT model. This paper is a part of my PhD journey. Keywords: Collaborative teams, cross-functional teams, product development, questionnaires, Team performance, Virtual R&D teams ABNT Citation: EBRAHIM, N. A.Virtual R&D Teams: A New Model for Product Development. International Journal of Innovation, v. 3, n. 2, p. 1-27, 2015. APA Citation: Ebrahim, N. A.(2015). Virtual R&D Teams: A New Model for Product Development. International Journal of Innovation, 3(2), 1-27. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5585/iji.v3i2.43 Permalink: http://spell.org.br/documentos/ver/41771/virtual-r-d-teams--a-new-model-for-product-development/i/en Document type

"Chris Ducker: The Art of Managing a Virtual Team By Thursday Bram Nov. 9, 2010, 9:00am PT 3 Comments inShare Chris Ducker has made an art out of outsourcing. He not only writes about effectively building virtual business systems and teams at Virtual Business Lifestyle, but he also operates Virtual Staff Finder. Ducker's in-depth knowledge of how to work with team members who may be on the other side of the world gives him special insight into managing teams virtually. He answered a few questions for us about his process. Thursday Bram: How do you make sure that, day in and day out, the team members you work with virtually stay on top of your projects? Chris Ducker: I use a project management system that I had one of my staff program - it's very close to Basecamp, but watered-down. I also have my personal assistant speak with them on a daily basis, too. I am not a major slave-driver with my virtual assistants. I allow them to pretty much do whatever they want, and work whenever they want‚ just as long as the work itself gets done and to the high level that I expect. Thursday: What training or tools do you think someone interested in working with a team virtually needs? Ducker: This really changes from one case to another. For some it can be very little, for others, quite intense. For sure, the virtual assistants have to be very, very web savvy. They should know their way around all the social networking sites properly, blogging tools, and be able to use Google and Google Apps. Training can be done mostly via videos on YouTube and perhaps some more personalized screencasts that you can make with software like Jing, for example. I also use Dropbox for all of the sharing and back-up needs that we have, too. Thursday: What problems do you commonly see with organizations or individuals interested in working with a virtual assistant? Ducker: It has to be that they believe that one single virtual assistant is going to be able to perform like a team, and do

"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

"New Book: 'A Manager's Guide to Virtual Teams' Published: Wednesday, 16 Nov 2011 | 11:37 AM ET Text Size By: Yael Zofi Author, "A Manager's Guide to Virtual Teams" Twitter 11 LinkedIn 7 Share GUEST AUTHOR BLOG: Keeping Your Team Connected on Your Virtual Journey by Yael Zofi author of "A Manager's Guide to Virtual Teams." Yael Zofi | A Manager's Guide to Virtual Teams Virtual work arrangements are on the rise as traditional work situations are giving way to more flexible ones. The concept of an office in a fixed location that you have to go to is becoming less universal. As executives engage in stringent cost cutting, office space and their attendant expenses shrink, and fewer employees spend their workday at adjoining workstations. Today, knowledge workers can be productive anywhere, thanks to mobile devices, faster network access and online collaboration tools available in coffee houses, inside homes and on city streets. While organizations have long established operations in multiple locations, colleagues are increasingly asked to collaborate across time zones and continents, with shared responsibility for outcomes. In my consulting practice I have seen large conglomerates organize projects around teams that reside in different countries, fully expecting that they will get deliverables out the door quickly within budgetary and time constraints. These teams follow the sun, handing off work products to each other. This is all made possible by technology, the great enabler that helps us create efficiencies and fosters quick decision-making. But what about the human connection? Although team members do not share the same location, they must still work collaboratively to meet common goals. What keeps these individuals organized, communicative, and productive without ongoing face-to-face interactions? And how will organizations ensure the human connection that fue

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"Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs Contents: Author info Abstract Bibliographic info Download info Related research References Citations Lists Statistics Corrections Author Info Ale Ebrahim, Nader Ahmed, Shamsuddin Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim Taha, Zahari Registered author(s): Nader Ale Ebrahim Abstract 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. Download Info If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large. File URL: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/29177/ Download Restriction: no Bibliographic Info Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 29177. Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML (with abstract), plain text (with abstract), BibTeX, RIS (EndNote

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