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Virtual R&D Teams: A potential growth of education-industry collaboration
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Abdul; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this paper, we present our more than two years research experiences on virtual R&D teams in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and draws conclusions, giving special attention to the structure of virtual teams required to support education-industry collaboration. We report the relevant...
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The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Abdul; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765905
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Technology Use in the Virtual R&D Teams
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Hanim, Salwa; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647359
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Effective virtual teams for new product development
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Abdul; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
At present, the existing literature shows that the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams for new product development are still ambiguous. To address this problem, a research design was developed, which includes detailed literature review, preliminary model and field survey....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108647
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The effectiveness of virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: experiences of Malaysian SMEs
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Rashid, Abdul; Hanim, Salwa; Ahmed, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
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 high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149413
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Inflation, Unemployment and Economic Growth in a Schumpeterian Economy
Chu, Angus C.; Cozzi, Guido; Furukawa, Yuichi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
opportunity cost of cash holdings leads to a decrease in innovation and economic growth, which in turn decreases labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118529
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Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs
Ale Ebrahim, Nader; Ahmed, Shamsuddin; Rashid, Abdul; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper presents the results of empirical research conducted during March to September 2009. The study focused on the influence of virtual research and development (R&D) teams within Malaysian manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The specific objective of the study is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008866154
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Does intellectual monopoly stimulate or stifle innovation?
Chu, Angus C.; Cozzi, Guido; Galli, Silvia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study develops an R&D-based growth model with vertical and horizontal innovation to shed some light on the current … debate on whether patent protection stimulates or stifles innovation. We analyze the effects of patent protection in the form … of blocking patents. We show that patent protection changes the direction of innovation by having asymmetric effects on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021964
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The Escape-Infringement Effect of Blocking Patents on Innovation and Economic Growth
Chu, Angus C.; Pan, Shiyuan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study develops a Schumpeterian growth model to analyze the effects of different patent instruments on innovation …. We first analyze patent breadth that captures the traditional positive effect of patent rights on innovation. Then, we … assigned to incumbents reduces entrants' incentives for innovation. This aspect of blocking patents captures the recently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008753085
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Growth and Welfare Effects of Patentability and Knowledge Spillovers of Basic R&D
Chu, Angus C.; Furukawa, Yuichi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This study develops an R&D-based growth model with basic and applied research to analyze the growth and welfare effects of two patent instruments (a) the patentability of basic R&D and (b) the division of profi�t between basic and applied researchers. We �find that for the purpose of...
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