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Virtual teams: a new opportunity to develop a business

Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, S. and Rashid, S.H. Abdul and Taha, Zahari (2010) Virtual teams: a new opportunity to develop a business. [Conference Paper]

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Abstract

Virtual teams give many advantages to organizations, including increased knowledge sharing and improve organizational performance. Virtual teams have altered the expectations and boundaries of knowledge worker?s interactions and make a new opportunity to develop the business. In this paper, we present summary results of an online survey. The online questionnaire was emailed by using a simple random sampling method to 356 Malaysian manufacturing small and medium ?sized Enterprises (SMEs). The findings of this study show that SMEs in Malaysia are gaining to use virtual teams, and it can be concluded that virtual teams provide a new platform for developing the business in SMEs. Based on the study, we suggest avenues for future research that are important to advancing our understanding of virtual team effects on business growth.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Subjects:	JOURNALS Computer Science > Human Computer Interaction Electronic Publishing > Peer Review
ID Code:	7801
Deposited By:	Ale Ebrahim, Nader
Deposited On:	16 Dec 2011 00:00
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2011 00:00

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ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S., ABDUL RASHID, S. H. & TAHA, Z. Year. Virtual Teams: A New Opportunity to Develop a Business. In: International Conference on Entrepreneurship Across Boundaries, 5 - 6 AUGUST 2010 Section For Co-curricular Courses, External Faculty Electives and TITAS, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1-5.

Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2009a, 14-15 December). SMEs and Virtual R&D Teams: A Motive Channel for Relationship between SMEs. Paper presented at the The International Conference for Technical Postgraduates (TECHPOS 2009), The Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2009b). Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review. [Review]. Scientific Research and Essay, 4(13), 1575–1590.

Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2009c). Virtual Teams for New Product Development – An Innovative Experience for R&D Engineers. European Journal of Educational Studies, 1(3), 109-123. Virtual teams: a new opportunity to develop a business - Cogprints