%0 Journal Article %1 aleebrahim2010virtual %A Ale Ebrahim, Nader %A Ahmed, Shamsuddin %A Taha, Zahari %D 2010 %I SSRN %J African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 4, No. 11, pp. 2368-2379, September 2010 %K %N 11 %P 2368-2379 %T Virtual R&D Teams and SMEs Growth: A Comparative Study Between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs %V 4 %X 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. Number of Pages in PDF File: 12 Keywords: Virtual R&D team, small and medium enterprises, survey, developing countries

@article{aleebrahim2010virtual, 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. Number of Pages in PDF File: 12 Keywords: Virtual R&D team, small and medium enterprises, survey, developing countries }, added-at = {2012-04-26T19:16:11.000+0200}, author = {Ale Ebrahim, Nader and Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/288c473790924c99b6712392c51bf8672/aleebrahim}, interhash = {8693ecd301bc46f268656cbc6800b876}, intrahash = {88c473790924c99b6712392c51bf8672}, journal = {African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 4, No. 11, pp. 2368-2379, September 2010}, keywords = {}, language = {English}, location = {http://ssrn.com/paper=1688934}, number = 11, pages = {2368-2379}, publisher = {SSRN}, timestamp = {2012-04-26T19:16:11.000+0200}, title = {{Virtual R&D Teams and SMEs Growth: A Comparative Study Between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs}}, type = {Accepted Paper Series}, volume = 4, year = 2010 }