?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Virtual+teams%3A+a+new+opportunity+to+develop+a+business&rft.creator=Ale+Ebrahim%2C+Nader&rft.creator=Ahmed%2C+S.&rft.creator=Rashid%2C+S.H.+Abdul&rft.creator=Taha%2C+Zahari&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.subject=Peer+Review&rft.description=Virtual+teams+give+many+advantages+to+organizations%2C+including+increased+knowledge+sharing+and+improve+organizational+performance.+Virtual+teams+have+altered+the+expectations+and+boundaries+of+knowledge+worker%3Fs+interactions+and+make+a+new+opportunity+to+develop+the+business.+In+this+paper%2C+we+present+summary+results+of+an+online+survey.+The+online+questionnaire+was+emailed+by+using+a+simple+random+sampling+method+to+356+Malaysian+manufacturing+small+and+medium+%3Fsized+Enterprises+(SMEs).+The+findings+of+this+study+show+that+SMEs+in+Malaysia+are+gaining+to+use+virtual+teams%2C+and+it+can+be+concluded+that+virtual+teams+provide+a+new+platform+for+developing+the+business+in+SMEs.+Based+on+the+study%2C+we+suggest+avenues+for+future+research+that+are+important+to+advancing+our+understanding+of+virtual+team+effects+on+business+growth.&rft.date=2010-08&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7801%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_26934.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ale+Ebrahim%2C+Nader+and+Ahmed%2C+S.+and+Rashid%2C+S.H.+Abdul+and+Taha%2C+Zahari++(2010)+Virtual+teams%3A+a+new+opportunity+to+develop+a+business.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7801%2F