Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel
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 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." [author's abstract]
- Extent
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Seite(n): 109-114
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
- Bibliographic citation
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Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, 10(2)
- Subject
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Wirtschaft
Technik, Technologie
Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen
Technikfolgenabschätzung
Management
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Effizienz
Produkt
Planung
computervermittelte Kommunikation
Forschung und Entwicklung
Kooperation
Mittelbetrieb
virtuelles Unternehmen
Wettbewerb
Malaysia
Produktmanagement
Kleinbetrieb
Team
empirisch
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Ale Ebrahim, Nader
Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim
Ahmed, Shamsuddin
Taha, Zahari
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (when)
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2011
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-284785
- Last update
- 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST
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Object type
- Zeitschriftenartikel
Associated
- Ale Ebrahim, Nader
- Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim
- Ahmed, Shamsuddin
- Taha, Zahari
Time of origin
- 2011