?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=SMEs%3B+Virtual+research+and+development+(R%26D)+teams+and+new+product+development%3A+A+literature+review+&rft.creator=Ale+Ebrahim%2C+Nader&rft.creator=Ahmed%2C+Shamsuddin&rft.creator=Taha%2C+Zahari&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.subject=Issues+in+Informing+Science+and+Information+Technology&rft.subject=Peer+Review&rft.description=Small+and+medium-sized+enterprises+(SMEs)+are+indeed+the+engines+of+global+economic+growth.+Their+continued+growth+is+a+major+subject+for+the+economy+and+employment+of+any+country.+Towards+that+end%2C+virtual+research+and+development+(R%26D)+could+be+a+viable+option+to+sustain+and+ease+the+operations+of+SMEs.+However%2C+literature+shows+there+has+not+been+a+great+deal+of+research+into+the+diverse+characteristic+of+virtual+R%26D+teams+in+SMEs.+This+article+provides+a+comprehensive+literature+review+on+different+aspects+of+virtual+R%26D+teams+collected+from+the+reputed+publications.+The+purpose+of+the+literature+review+is+to+provide+an+outline+on+the+structure+and+dynamics+of+R%26D+collaboration+in+SMEs.+Specifying+the+rationale+and+relevance+of+virtual+teams%2C+the+relationship+between+virtual+R%26D+team+for+SMEs+and+new+product+development+(NPD)+has+been+examined.+It+concludes+with+identifying+the+gaps+and+feebleness+in+the+existing+literature+and+calls+for+future+research+in+this+area.+It+is+argued+to+form+of+virtual+R%26D+team+deserves+consideration+at+top+level+management+for+venturing+into+the+new+product+development+within+SMEs.&rft.publisher=Academic+Journals&rft.date=2010-07&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7699%2F1%2FEbrahim%252520et%252520al.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ale+Ebrahim%2C+Nader+and+Ahmed%2C+Shamsuddin+and+Taha%2C+Zahari++(2010)+SMEs%3B+Virtual+research+and+development+(R%26D)+teams+and+new+product+development%3A+A+literature+review.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7699%2F