?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Critical+Factors+for+New+Product+Developments+in+SMEs'+Virtual+Team&rft.creator=Ale+Ebrahim%2C+Nader&rft.creator=Ahmed%2C+Shamsuddin&rft.creator=Taha%2C+Zahari&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.subject=Issues+in+Informing+Science+and+Information+Technology&rft.subject=Journal+of+Information+Technology+Education&rft.subject=Peer+Review&rft.description=Small+and+medium+enterprises+(SMEs)+are+considered+as+an+engine+for+economic+growth+all+over+the+world+and+especially+for+developing+countries.+During+the+past+decade%2C+new+product+development+(NPD)+has+increasingly+been+recognized+as+a+critical+factor+in+ensuring+the+continued+survival+of+SMEs.+On+the+other+hand%2C+the+rapid+rate+of+market+and+technological+changes+has+accelerated+in+the+past+decade%2C+so+this+turbulent+environment+requires+new+methods+and+techniques+to+bring+successful+new+products+to+the+marketplace.+Virtual+team+can+be+a+solution+to+answer+the+requested+demand.+However%2C+literature+have+shown+no+significant+differences+between+traditional+NPD+and+virtual+NPD+in+general%2C+whereas+NPD+in+SME%E2%80%99s+virtual+team+has+not+been+systematically+investigated+in+developing+countries.+This+paper+aims+to+bridge+this+gap+by+first+reviewing+the+NPD+and+its+relationship+with+virtuality+and+then+identifies+the+critical+factors+of+NPD+in+virtual+teams.+The+statistical+method+was+utilized+to+perform+the+required+analysis+of+data+from+the+survey.+The+results+were+achieved+through+factor+analysis+at+the+perspective+of+NPD+in+some+Malaysian+and+Iranian+manufacturing+firms+(N+%3D+191).+The+20+new+product+development+factors+were+grouped+into+five+higher+level+constructs.+It+gives+valuable+insight+and+guidelines%2C+which+hopefully+will+help+managers+of+firms+in+developing+countries+to+consider+the+main+factors+in+NPD.&rft.publisher=Academic+Journals&rft.date=2010-09&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7698%2F1%2FCritical%2520factors%2520for%2520new%2520product%2520developments-AJBM%25202010.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ale+Ebrahim%2C+Nader+and+Ahmed%2C+Shamsuddin+and+Taha%2C+Zahari++(2010)+Critical+Factors+for+New+Product+Developments+in+SMEs'+Virtual+Team.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7698%2F