Success factors of virtual research teams : does distance still matter?

Andrea Hanebuth

Purpose of the exploratory study in this paper is to provide a first test of the transferability of success factors known from virtual teams to an innovative virtual research team. Investigating a real R&D cooperation with two virtual (regional & national) and one local research groups permits a comparative analysis of the influence of geographical distance. Though success factors seem to be somehow transferable, the geographical distance is still an influencing factor on the perception in virtual research teams. Based on results of this case study and 18 interviews, a ranking of success factors is provided which may help research managers in understanding where to place emphasis situationally on in order to successfully manage a virtual research team.

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Year of publication:	2015 ; Revised version accepted after double blind review: May 12, 2015
Authors:	Hanebuth, Andrea
Published in:	Management revue : socio-economic studies. - Baden-Baden : Nomos, ISSN 1861-9908, ZDB-ID 2173556-6. - Vol. 26.2015, 2, p. 161-179
Subject:	research collaboration \| virtual teams \| manage innovation \| Virtuelles Team \| Virtual team \| Arbeitsgruppe \| Team \| Erfolgsfaktor \| Success factor \| Forschungskooperation \| Research collaboration \| Innovationsmanagement \| Innovation management \| Geographische Entfernung \| Geographic distance \| Virtuelle Organisation \| Virtual organization

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Extent:	graph. Darst.
Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzung: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	10.1688/mrev-2015-02-Hanebuth [DOI]
Classification:	L33 - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprises; Privatization; Contracting Out ; M19 - Business Administration. Other ; M54 - Labor Management (team formation, worker empowerment, job design, tasks and authority, job satisfaction)
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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