More documents from Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim; Taha, Zahari
Export to your Reference Manger
Please Copy & Paste
Bibtex-Export
Endnote-Export
The effectiveness of virtual R&D teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs
[conference paper]
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim; Taha, Zahari
Download full text
(456 KByte)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-233115
Further Details
| Corporate Editor | APIEMS |
| Abstract | 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 a high potential for SMEs growth. Due to the fast growing complexity of the new product, 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. An online questionnaire emailed to Malaysian manufacturing SMEs and 74 usable questionnaires were received, representing a 20.8 percent return rate. To avoid the bias that may result from pre-suggested answer, a series of open-ended questions asked from expertise. This study based on analyzing an open-ended question; extract four main themes among expertise recommendations on the effectiveness of virtual teams for SMEs growth and performance. These are suitable for SMEs new product design manager to realize the key advantage and importance of virtual R&D teams in the process of NPD, which lead to increase the effectiveness of the new product's procedure. |
| Keywords | small business; medium-sized firm; virtual business; team; new technology; computer-mediated communication; cooperation; product; research and development; Malaysia; efficiency |
| Classification | Interactive, electronic Media; Management Science; Technology Assessment |
| Method | empirical |
| Free Keywords | virtual teams; new product development; survey finding; small and medium enterprises |
| Collection Title | The 11th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference 2010 (APIEMS 2010) |
| Document language | English |
| Publication Year | 2010 |
| City | Melaka, Malaysia |
| Page/Pages | p. 1-6 |
| ISBN | 978-967-5148-80-4 |
| Status | Published Version; reviewed |
| Licence | Free Digital Peer Publishing Licence |
| Document Type | conference paper; collection article |
