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Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review
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Abstract 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... mehr
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.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Effizienz; Mittelbetrieb; neue Technologie; computervermittelte Kommunikation; Forschung und Entwicklung; virtuelles Unternehmen; Kooperation; Kleinbetrieb; Team
Klassifikation
Technikfolgenabschätzung
Management
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Freie Schlagwörter
virtual teams; small and medium enterprises; literature review
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2009
Seitenangabe
1575–1590 S.
Zeitschriftentitel
Scientific Research and Essays, 4 (2009) 13
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet