The effectiveness of virtual R&D teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs
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 hig...
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| author | Ale Ebrahim, N. Abdul Rashid, S.H. Ahmed, S. Taha, Z. |
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| description | 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 in turn, leads to increased effectiveness in new product development's procedure. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-21622011-10-06T01:18:03Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/2162/ The effectiveness of virtual R&D teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs Ale Ebrahim, N. Abdul Rashid, S.H. Ahmed, S. Taha, Z. Competition. Production. Wealth HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology (General) 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 in turn, leads to increased effectiveness in new product development's procedure. Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers 2011-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_public_domain http://eprints.um.edu.my/2162/1/10-2-03-Nader_IEMS.pdf Ale Ebrahim, N. and Abdul Rashid, S.H. and Ahmed, S. and Taha, Z. (2011) The effectiveness of virtual R&D teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs. Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, 10 (2). pp. 109-114. ISSN 1598-7248, http://kiie.org/iems/contents/vol10no2/10-2-03.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Competition. Production. Wealth HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology (General) Ale Ebrahim, N. Abdul Rashid, S.H. Ahmed, S. Taha, Z. The effectiveness of virtual R&D teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs |
| title | The effectiveness of virtual R&D teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs |
| title_full | The effectiveness of virtual R&D teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs |
| title_fullStr | The effectiveness of virtual R&D teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effectiveness of virtual R&D teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs |
| title_short | The effectiveness of virtual R&D teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs |
| title_sort | effectiveness of virtual r d teams in smes experiences of malaysian smes |
| topic | Competition. Production. Wealth HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology (General) |
| url | http://eprints.um.edu.my/2162/1/10-2-03-Nader_IEMS.pdf |
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