Virtual R&D Teams

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"Organizations rely on collaboration in order to survive and grow in today's globalized world. This expansive collection of 19 titles covers topics such as distributed teams, virtual communities, the collaborative Web, trust in virtual environments, and much more, making it an ideal resource for academics and professionals with an interest in the use of technology to coordinate the efforts of individuals and accomplish an organization's goals. "

"SMEs; Virtual R&D Teams and NPD: A Literature Review"

"Do investments in research and development translate to sales?"

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"Abstract Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at the 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 are organized. Nowadays, shift from serial to simultaneous and parallel working in innovation has become more commonplace. Literature's have shown that collaboration is as a meta-capability for innovation. By a comprehensive reviewing of literature this article after define virtual teams and its characteristics, addressing virtual environment innovation and the relationship to R&D activities. Finally conclude that innovation cannot be successful, unless the knowledge and information in the R&D project are effectively captured, shared and internalized by the R&D project's virtual team members. "

"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; 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. 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."

"# Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs This paper explores potential advantages of using virtual teams for small and medium-sized enterpris... # Envisages of New Product Developments in Small and Medium Enterprises through Virtual Team New product development (NPD) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) virtual team has not been... # Virtual Teams: A New Opportunity to Develop a Business Virtual teams give many advantages to organizations, including increased knowledge sharing and impro... # SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are indeed the engines of global economic growth. Their co... # Virtual Teams for New Product Development - An Innovative Experience for R&D Engineers New interaction tools such as internet allow companies to gain valuable input from research and deve... "