--- 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.' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - aleebrahim@siswa.um.edu.m - ~ - ~ creators_name: - family: Ale Ebrahim given: Nader honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Ahmed given: Shamsuddin honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Taha given: Zahari honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2010-09-04 date_type: published datestamp: 2011-10-31 01:08:37 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/76/97 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 7697 fileinfo: application/pdf;http://cogprints.org/7697/1/Virtual%20R%26D%20teams%20and%20SMEs%20growth%20AJBM%202010.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: ~ item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: ' Virtual R&D team, small and medium enterprises, survey, developing countries.' lastmod: 2011-10-31 01:08:37 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show 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.' number: 11 pagerange: 2368-2379 pubdom: TRUE publication: African Journal of Business Management publisher: Academic Journals refereed: TRUE referencetext: "ABDULNOUR G, 1999, COMPUT IND ENG, V37, P429\r\n ACS ZJ, 1997, SMALL BUS ECON, V9, P1\r\n ACS ZJ, 1997, SMALL BUS ECON, V9, P7\r\n ADAMS R, 2006, INT J MANAG REV, V8, P21\r\n ALE EBRAHIM N, 2009, SCI RES ESSAYS, V4, P1575\r\n ANDERSON AH, 2007, COMPUT HUM BEHAV, V23, P2558, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.chb.2007.01.001\r\n AXELSON JV, 2005, THESIS ROYAL I TECHN\r\n AXELSON JV, 2007, THESIS KTH ROYAL I T\r\n AYYAGARI M, 2007, SMALL BUS ECON, V29, P415\r\n BARNETT E, 2000, J SMALL BUSINESS ENT, V7, P315\r\n BECK T, 2005, J ECON GROWTH, V10, P199, DOI 10.1007/s10887-005-3533-5\r\n BERGIEL JB, 2008, MANAGE RES NEWS, V31, P99\r\n BOUGRAIN F, 2002, RES POLICY, V31, P735\r\n CAMARINHAMATOS LM, 2009, COMPUT IND ENG, V57, P46, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.cie.2008.11.024\r\n CANAVESIO MM, 2007, COMPUT IND, V58, P794, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.compind.2007.02.005\r\n CAPUTO AC, 2002, IND MANAGE DATA SYST, V102, P271, DOI\r\n 10.1108/02635570210428302\r\n CARBONARA N, 2005, TECHNOVATION, V25, P213, DOI\r\n 10.1016/S0166-4972(03)00095-6\r\n CASCIO WF, 2003, ORGAN DYN, V31, P362\r\n CHEN M, 2007, DECIS SUPPORT SYST, V43, P1186, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.dss.2005.07.008\r\n CHOI TY, 2003, ACAD MANAGEMENT EXEC, P17\r\n CORSO M, 2003, INTEGRATED MANUFACTU, V14, P46\r\n DENSCOMBE M, 2006, SOC SCI COMPUT REV, V24, P246, DOI\r\n 10.1177/0894439305284522\r\n DENSCOMBE M, 2008, SOC SCI COMPUT REV, V26, P359, DOI\r\n 10.1177/0894439307309671\r\n DEROS BM, 2006, INT J, V13, P396\r\n DEUTSKENS E, 2006, J SERV RES-US, V8, P346, DOI 10.1177/1094670506286323\r\n DICKSON KE, 1998, INT J ENTREPRENEURIA, V4, P5\r\n DIJK BV, 1997, ECON, V9, P335\r\n DONG B, 2006, INT FEDERATION INFOR\r\n EGBU CO, 2005, STRUCTURAL SURVEY, V23, P7\r\n EIKEBROKK TR, 2007, INFORM MANAGE-AMSTER, V44, P364, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.im.2007.02.004\r\n FLORES M, 2006, IFIP INT FEDERATION\r\n GASSMANN O, 2003, R&D MANAGE, V33, P243\r\n GASSMANN O, 2007, J WORLD BUS, V42, P350\r\n GOMEZ JO, 2007, BENCHMARKING INT J, V14, P289\r\n GOSLING SD, 2004, AM PSYCHOL, V59, P93, DOI 10.1037/0003-066X.59.2.93\r\n GRAY C, 2006, INT J ENTREPRENEURIA, V12, P345\r\n GUNASEKARAN A, 1999, COMPUT IND ENG, V37, P407\r\n HANNA V, 2002, R&D MANAGE, V32, P201\r\n HAUSMAN A, 2005, IND MARKET MANAG, V34, P773, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.indmarman.2004.12.009\r\n HERTEL G, 2005, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAG, V15, P69\r\n HOBDAY M, 2004, RES POLICY, V33, P1433, DOI 10.1016/j.respol.2004.05.005\r\n HOFFMAN K, 1998, TECHNOVATION, V18, P39\r\n HUANG XL, 2004, IND MARKET MANAG, V33, P117, DOI\r\n 10.1016/S0019-8501(03)00034-8\r\n JAFARI M, 2007, VINE J INFORM KNOWLE, V37, P207\r\n JANSSON H, 2008, J INT MANAG, V14, P65, DOI 10.1016/j.intman.2007.02.005\r\n JEONG I, 2003, INT MARKET REV, V20, P353, DOI 10.1108/02651330310485144\r\n JONES O, 2006, LONG RANGE PLANN, V39, P155, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.lrp.2005.02.012\r\n KARAEV A, 2007, J MANUFACTURING TECH, V18, P818, DOI\r\n 10.1108/17410380710817273\r\n KRATZER J, 2005, KEEPING VIRTUAL R D\r\n KUO HC, 2003, SMALL BUS ECON, V20, P219\r\n KUSAR J, 2004, ROBOT CIM-INT MANUF, V20, P1, DOI\r\n 10.1016/S0736-5845(03)00049-8\r\n LAFORET S, 2006, J SMALL BUSINESS ENT, V13, P363\r\n LAFORET S, 2007, J BUS RES IN PRESS\r\n LAN HB, 2004, COMPUT IND, V54, P51, DOI 10.1016/j.compind.2003.07.006\r\n LAWSON CP, 2006, TECHNOVATION, V26, P242, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.technovation.2004.07.017\r\n LEENDERS RTAJ, 2003, J ENG TECHNOL MANAGE, V20, P69, DOI\r\n 10.1016/S0923-4748(03)00005-5\r\n LEVY M, 1998, SMALL BUS ECON, V11, P183\r\n LEVY M, 2003, EUR J INFORM SYST, V12, P3, DOI\r\n 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000439\r\n LIN C, 2007, CONT MANAGEMENT RES, V3, P83\r\n LINDMAN MT, 2002, EUROPEAN J INNOVATIO, V5, P224\r\n LOVE PED, 2004, INFORM MANAGE-AMSTER, V42, P227, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.im.2003.12.011\r\n LU JW, 2006, J INT ENTREPRENEURSH, V4, P27\r\n LUREY JS, 2001, INFORM MANAGE, V38, P523\r\n MAHAJAR AJB, 2006, P ADV GLOB BUS RES J, P90\r\n MASSA S, 2008, TECHNOVATION, V28, P393, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.01.002\r\n MCDONOUGH EF, 2001, J PROD INNOVAT MANAG, V18, P110\r\n MEZGAR I, 2000, INT J PROD ECON, V64, P37\r\n MILES RE, 2000, LONG RANGE PLANN, V33, P300\r\n NARULA R, 2004, TECHNOVATION, V24, P153, DOI\r\n 10.1016/S0166-4972(02)00045-7\r\n NUNES MB, 2006, J DOC, V62, P101, DOI 10.1108/00220410610642075\r\n OKAMURO H, 2007, RES POLICY, V36, P1529\r\n OREGAN N, 2004, EUROPEAN BUSINESS RE, V16, P64\r\n OREGAN N, 2006, TECHNOVATION, V26, P251, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.technovation.2005.01.003\r\n OREGAN N, 2006, TECHNOVATION, V26, P30, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.technovation.2005.05.004\r\n PARTANEN J, 2008, IND MARKET MANAG, V37, P513, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.indmarman.2007.09.012\r\n PATRAKOSOL B, 2007, INFORM MANAGE-AMSTER, V44, P53, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.im.2006.10.003\r\n PERRINI F, 2007, J BUS ETHICS, V74, P285, DOI 10.1007/s10551-006-9235-x\r\n PETERS D, 2007, EUR PHYS EDUC REV, V13, P117\r\n PIHKALA T, 1999, ENTREP REGION DEV, V11, P335\r\n POWELL A, 2004, DATA BASE ADV INF SY, V35, P6\r\n PULLEN A, 2008, HIGH TECHN SMALL FIR\r\n RAYMOND L, 2006, IND MANAGE DATA SYST, V106, P1012, DOI\r\n 10.1108/02635570610688904\r\n REDOLI J, 2008, TECHNOVATION, V28, P424, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.02.008\r\n RICHTNE RA, 2008, EUR J INNOV MANAGE, V11, P125\r\n ROBLESESTRADA C, 2007, 10 INT C GLOB BUS EC, P1730\r\n ROSENZWEIG ED, 2009, J OPER MANAG, V27, P462, DOI\r\n 10.1016/j.jom.2009.03.001\r\n SAROSA S, 2003, ELECT J INFORM SYSTE, V6, P165\r\n SAROSA S, 2007, THESIS U TECHNOLOGY\r\n SCHATZ C, 2006, THESIS NORWEGIAN U S\r\n SCHRODER HH, 2006, KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATIO\r\n SHARMA MK, 2006, J MANUFACTURING TECH, V17, P199\r\n SILLS SJ, 2002, SOC SCI COMPUT REV, V20, P22\r\n SUSMAN GI, 2003, J ENG TECHNOL MANAGE, V20, P141, DOI\r\n 10.1016/S0923-4748(03)00008-0\r\n TETHER BS, 1998, RES POLICY, V27, P725\r\n TIWARI R, 2007, P 1 EUR C KNOWL GROW\r\n WANG CH, 2008, INT J ADV MANUF TECH, V37, P455\r\n WOODCOCK DJ, 2000, EUROPEAN J INNOVATIO, V3, P212\r\n ZHAN HF, 2003, J MATER PROCESS TECH, V138, P600, DOI\r\n 10.1016/S0736-5845(02)00082-0\r\n ZULKIFLIMUHAMMA.M, 2010, INT BUS RES, V3, P66\r\n" relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 4 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2011-10-31 01:08:37 subjects: - comp-sci-hci - issinform - iteched - peer-review succeeds: 7696 suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: "Virtual R&D teams and SMEs' growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs" type: journalp userid: 14981 volume: 4