?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Innovation+and+R+%26+D+activities+in+virtual+team&rft.creator=Ale+Ebrahim%2C+Nader&rft.creator=Ahmed%2C+Shamsuddin&rft.creator=Taha%2C+Zahari&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=Innovation+plays+a+central+role+in+economic+development%2C+at+the+regional+and+national+level.+In+the+competitive+environment+companies+are+obliged+to+produce+more+rapidly%2C+more+effectively+and+more+efficiently+in+new+product+development%2C+which+is+a+result+of+research+and+development+(R%26D)+activities.+It+is+necessary+for+them+to+put+together+different+capabilities+and+services+with+the+goal%2C+through+cooperation+between+suppliers+and+customers%2C+service+providers+and+scientific+institutions+to+achieve+innovations+of+high+quality.+Depending+on+the+type+of+industry%2C+the+type+of+business%2C+the+type+of+innovation+and+the+strategic+objectives+that+have+been+set%2C+firms+will+regularly+have+to+modify+the+way+in+which+their+R%5C%26D+and+innovation+are+organized.+Nowadays%2C+shift+from+serial+to+simultaneous+and+parallel+working+in+innovation+has+become+more+commonplace.+Literature's+have+shown+that+collaboration+is+as+a+meta-capability+for+innovation.+By+a+comprehensive+reviewing+of+literature+this+article+after+define+virtual+teams+and+its+characteristics%2C+addressing+virtual+environment+innovation+and+the+relationship+to+R%26D+activities.+Finally+conclude+that+innovation+cannot+be+successful%2C+unless+the+knowledge+and+information+in+the+R%26D+project+are+effectively+captured%2C+shared+and+internalized+by+the+R%26D+project%3Fs+virtual+team+members.&rft.publisher=EuroJournals+Publishing%2C+Inc.+2009&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7812%2F1%2FNader-%2520ejsr_34_3_02.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ale+Ebrahim%2C+Nader+and+Ahmed%2C+Shamsuddin+and+Taha%2C+Zahari++(2009)+Innovation+and+R+%26+D+activities+in+virtual+team.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7812%2F