TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints7804
UR  - http://cogprints.org/7804/
A1  - Ale Ebrahim, Nader
A1  - Ahmed, S.
A1  - Taha, Zahari
Y1  - 2009/12//
N2  - 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.
PB  - Academic Journals
KW  - Virtual teams
KW  -  small and medium enterprises
KW  -  literature review
TI  - Virtual R&D teams in small and medium enterprises: a literature review
SP  - 1575
AV  - public
EP  - 1590
ER  -

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