accepted that innovation is better achieved by working in team. The employed web services technology, although very popular … virtual R&D team as an innovation and technology assimilation facilitator. The context of the knowledge-based economy …Innovation is becoming the most important key issue for company’s success in the 21st century. In the competitive …

between team members or differences in time zones, are not barriers to industry-education collaborations …

development (R & D) aspect deserves particular attention to promote and facilitate the operations of SMEs. Virtual R & D team … collaboration in SMEs. Specifying the foundation and importance of virtual teams, the relationship between virtual R & D team and … research. It is argued that setting-up an infrastructure for virtual R & D team in SMEs still requires a large amount of …

have shown no significant differences between traditional NPD and virtual NPD in general, whereas NPD in SME’s virtual team … successful new products to the marketplace. Virtual team can be a solution to answer the requested demand. However, literature …

accepted that innovation can be better achieved by working in team particularly in the virtual environments. The employed web … and analyzing the process of virtual R&D team as an innovation and technology assimilation facilitator when it comes to …Innovation is becoming the most important key issue for company's success in the 21st century. In the competitive …

are important to advancing our understanding of virtual team effects on business growth …

explains how virtual R&D team can play a prominent role in developing new products. The article is evolved future study … guideline and also illustrates how to apply virtual interaction tools and integrate engineers into the innovation process … importance, but the issue has been poorly addressed in the previous studies. Findings show that virtual R&D team provides …