Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in generating employment and supporting trade, they face numerous challenges, the prominent among them are the need to respond to fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid solutions to...
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| description | Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in generating employment and supporting trade, they face numerous challenges, the prominent among them are the need to respond to fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Towards that end, research and development (R & D) aspect deserves particular attention to promote and facilitate the operations of SMEs. Virtual R & D team could be a viable option. However, literature shows that virtual R & D teaming in SMEs is still at its infancy. This article provides a comprehensive literature review on different aspects of virtual R & D teams collected from the reputed publications. The purpose of the state-of-the-art literature review is to provide an overview on the structure and dynamics of R & D collaboration in SMEs. Specifying the foundation and importance of virtual teams, the relationship between virtual R & D team and SMEs has been examined. It concludes with the identification of the gaps in the existing literatures and calls for future research. It is argued that setting-up an infrastructure for virtual R & D team in SMEs still requires a large amount of engineering efforts and deserves consideration at top level management. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-21752011-10-14T01:25:59Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/2175/ Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review Ale Ebrahim, N. Ahmed, S. Taha , Z. H Social Sciences (General) T Technology (General) Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in generating employment and supporting trade, they face numerous challenges, the prominent among them are the need to respond to fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Towards that end, research and development (R & D) aspect deserves particular attention to promote and facilitate the operations of SMEs. Virtual R & D team could be a viable option. However, literature shows that virtual R & D teaming in SMEs is still at its infancy. This article provides a comprehensive literature review on different aspects of virtual R & D teams collected from the reputed publications. The purpose of the state-of-the-art literature review is to provide an overview on the structure and dynamics of R & D collaboration in SMEs. Specifying the foundation and importance of virtual teams, the relationship between virtual R & D team and SMEs has been examined. It concludes with the identification of the gaps in the existing literatures and calls for future research. It is argued that setting-up an infrastructure for virtual R & D team in SMEs still requires a large amount of engineering efforts and deserves consideration at top level management. Academic Journals 2009-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_sa http://eprints.um.edu.my/2175/1/Nader-_SREX-Ale_Ebrahim_et_al.pdf Ale Ebrahim, N. and Ahmed, S. and Taha , Z. (2009) Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review. Scientific Research and Essays, 4 (13). pp. 1575-1590. ISSN 1992-2248, http://www.academicjournals.org/sre/contents/2009cont/Dec%202.htm |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) T Technology (General) Ale Ebrahim, N. Ahmed, S. Taha , Z. Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review |
| title | Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review |
| title_full | Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review |
| title_fullStr | Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review |
| title_short | Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review |
| title_sort | virtual r d teams in small and medium enterprises a literature review |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) T Technology (General) |
| url | http://eprints.um.edu.my/2175/1/Nader-_SREX-Ale_Ebrahim_et_al.pdf |
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