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| Scientific Research and Essay 4, 13 (2009) 1575-1590 |
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| Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review |
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| Nader Ale Ebrahim 1Shamsuddin Ahmed 1 |
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| (2009) |
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| 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 literature's 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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| 1 : | University of Malaya (UM) |
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| Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya |
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| Domaine | : | Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Gestion et management Sciences de l'ingénieur/Autre |
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