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Virtual R&D Teams for NPD in SMEs : Past, Present and Future Trend

Ale Ebrahim, Nader - 2010

This paper provides a comprehensive review on different aspects of virtual teams based on authentic and reputed publications. The purpose of the state-of-the-art literature review is to provide an overview of what is known about the structure and dynamics of R&D collaboration in SMEs. SMEs are...

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Antecedents and Consequences of Team Stability on New Product Development Performance

Lynn, Gary - 2013

Group member change or team stability is a popular and important topic in the group and organizational behavior literature. Team member stability is viewed as a critical factor for an effectively functioning and performing group. Even though there is a plethora of studies on group member change...

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Knowledge Management in New Product Teams : Practices and Outcomes

Lynn, Gary - 2013

This paper explores the critical practices impacting a new product team's ability to learn and succeed. By investigating the practices of 281 new product teams from around the world, several factors emerged that impact a team's ability to acquire and use knowledge to reduce cycle time and...

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Technology Use in the Virtual R&D Teams

Ale Ebrahim, Nader - 2013

Problem statement: Although, literature proves the importance of the technology role in the effectiveness of virtual Research and Development (R&D) teams for new product development. However, the factors that make technology construct in a virtual R&D team are still ambiguous. The manager of...

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The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs : Experiences of Malaysian SMEs

Ale Ebrahim, Nader - 2014

The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have a high...

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Antecedents and Consequences of Team Sensemaking Capability In Product Development Projects

Akgün, Ali E. - 2014

With the increasing popularity of organizational sensemaking in the literature, sensemaking capability of firms attracts many researchers and practitioners from different fields. Nevertheless, sensemaking capability is rarely addressed in the new product development (NPD) project teams in the...

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The Impact of Leader Personality on New Product Development Teamwork and Performance : The Moderating Role of Uncertainty

Aronson, Zvi H.; Reilly, Richard R.; Lynn, Gary - 2014

conditions of uncertainty. Our model posits teamwork as a mediating variable between leader personality and NPD performance ….We hypothesized that the personality variable of openness would have a stronger influence on teamwork and NPD performance when … indirect influence on NPD performance through teamwork when uncertainty was low. We used structural equation modeling to test …

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The Role of Personality in New Product Development Team Performance

Reilly, Richard R.; Lynn, Gary; Aronson, Zvi H. - 2013

The paper centers on the optimal team member personal style for new product development success. Although the role of personality in team performance is not well understood, research suggests that personality plays a critical role in the effective performance of teams. Personality variables...

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Innovation Process is Facilitated in Virtual Environment of R&D Teams

Shafia, Mohammad Ali; Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin - 2013

Innovation is becoming the most important key issue for company's success in the 21st century. In the competitive environment it is necessary for the enterprises to put together different capabilities and services with the goal. It is widely accepted that innovation can be better achieved by...

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Virtual R&D Teams in Small and Medium Enterprises : A Literature Review

Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Taha, Zahari - 2014

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...

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