creators_name: Ale Ebrahim, Nader creators_name: Ahmed, Shamsuddin creators_name: Taha, Zahari creators_id: aleebrahim@siswa.um.edu.m type: journalp datestamp: 2011-10-31 01:08:37 lastmod: 2011-10-31 01:08:37 metadata_visibility: show title: Virtual R&D teams and SMEs' growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs ispublished: pub subjects: comp-sci-hci subjects: issinform subjects: iteched subjects: peer-review full_text_status: public keywords: Virtual R&D team, small and medium enterprises, survey, developing countries. note: ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2010. Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs. African Journal of Business Management, 4, 2368-2379. abstract: This paper explores potential advantages of using virtual teams for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a comprehensive review on various aspects of virtual teams. Based on the standing of the pertinent literatures, attempt has been made to study the aspects by online survey method in Iran and Malaysia. In both countries, SMEs play an important role in their economies, employments, and capacity building. Virtual R&D team can be one of the means to increase SMEs efficiency and competitiveness in their local as well as global markets. In this context, surveys have been conducted to evaluate the effects of virtuality to the growth of SMEs. The study addresses some differences between two countries in engaging virtual research and development (R&D) teams in their SMEs. It is observed that there is a significant difference between the SMEs turnover that employed virtual team and that did not employ the virtual team. The way for further studies and recommend improvements are proposed. date: 2010-09-04 date_type: published publication: African Journal of Business Management volume: 4 number: 11 publisher: Academic Journals pagerange: 2368-2379 refereed: TRUE referencetext: ABDULNOUR G, 1999, COMPUT IND ENG, V37, P429 ACS ZJ, 1997, SMALL BUS ECON, V9, P1 ACS ZJ, 1997, SMALL BUS ECON, V9, P7 ADAMS R, 2006, INT J MANAG REV, V8, P21 ALE EBRAHIM N, 2009, SCI RES ESSAYS, V4, P1575 ANDERSON AH, 2007, COMPUT HUM BEHAV, V23, P2558, DOI 10.1016/j.chb.2007.01.001 AXELSON JV, 2005, THESIS ROYAL I TECHN AXELSON JV, 2007, THESIS KTH ROYAL I T AYYAGARI M, 2007, SMALL BUS ECON, V29, P415 BARNETT E, 2000, J SMALL BUSINESS ENT, V7, P315 BECK T, 2005, J ECON GROWTH, V10, P199, DOI 10.1007/s10887-005-3533-5 BERGIEL JB, 2008, MANAGE RES NEWS, V31, P99 BOUGRAIN F, 2002, RES POLICY, V31, P735 CAMARINHAMATOS LM, 2009, COMPUT IND ENG, V57, P46, DOI 10.1016/j.cie.2008.11.024 CANAVESIO MM, 2007, COMPUT IND, V58, P794, DOI 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