development (R & D) aspect deserves particular attention to promote and facilitate the operations of SMEs. Virtual R & D team …

thus to reduce time-to-market. This article introduces conceptual product development architecture under a virtual team … umbrella. The paper describes all the major aspects of new product development (NPD), NPD process and its relationship with … provides the guidelines for the successful implementation of virtual teams in new product development. …

for developing countries. During the past decade, new product development (NPD) has increasingly been recognized as a … analysis at the perspective of NPD in some Malaysian and Iranian manufacturing firms (N = 191). The 20 new product development …

New interaction tools such as internet allow companies to gain valuable input from research and development (R …. Management of virtual R&D teams in new product development (NPD) processes in an innovative, effective and efficient is of a high … valuable input for new product development and R&D engineers are able to attain virtual experience. …

major subject for the economy and employment of any country. Towards that end, virtual research and development (R&D) could … and relevance of virtual teams, the relationship between virtual R&D team for SMEs and new product development (NPD) has … into the new product development within SMEs. …

New product development (NPD) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) virtual team has not been systematically … general. New product development especially for SMEs virtual team are somewhat lacking in the literature and constitute a … NPD in some of Malaysian and Iranian manufacturing firms. The 20 new product development factors were grouped into five …

a new product development initiative. Design/methodology/approach – A range of academic and practitioner literature … related to virtual teams and virtual new product development is reviewed. What is Virtual New Product Development and what … determines its development in manufacturing firms? These two questions are answered. Findings - The decision to use a virtual …

Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at regional and national level. In the competitive environment … companies are obliged to produce more rapidly, more effectively and more efficiently in new product development which is a … result of research and development (R&D) activities. It is necessary for them to put together different capabilities and …

Research and development functions are fundamental drivers of value creation in technology-based Small and Medium … and to SME's is the development of collaborative environments and networks to increase their innovation capabilities as a …