Endnote export
%T Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review %A Ale Ebrahim, Nader %A Ahmed, Shamsuddin %A Taha, Zahari %J Scientific Research and Essays %N 13 %P 1575–1590 %V 4 %D 2009 %K virtual teams; small and medium enterprises; literature review %= 2011-03-10T15:52:00Z %~ Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-233020 %U http://www.academicjournals.org/SRE/PDF/pdf2009/Dec%202/Ale%20Ebrahim%20et%20al.pdf %X 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. %C MISC %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info