Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1575-1590

  Ebrahim, Nader Ale ^a   Ahmed, Shamsuddin ^a   Taha, Zahari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Literature review; Small and medium enterprises; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649119456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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