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Nader Ale Ebrahim has Technology Management PhD degree from the Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya. He holds a Master of Science in the mechanical engineering from University of Tehran with distinguished honors, as well as more than 17 years experience in the establishing R&D department in different companies, project director and project coordinator and Knowledge based system implemented in R&D department. His current research interests are focused on managing virtual new product development teams in SMEs R&D centers. His papers/articles have presented in the several Journals and conferences.
Research Interest
: Technology Management, : Virtual R&D teams, : Virtual Teams, : Stage-Gate, : Global Virtual Teams, : Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development, : R&D Management, : Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs), : Industrial Engineering, : New Product Development, : Collaborative systems, : Electronic-Collaboration, : Collaboration Technology, : Concurrent Engineering,
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S., ABDUL RASHID, S. H. & TAHA, Z. 2012. Effective Virtual Teams for New Product Development[1]. Scientific Research and Essay, 7, 1971-1985.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S., ABDUL RASHID, S. H. & TAHA, Z. 2012. Technology Use in the Virtual R&D Teams[2]. American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 5, 9-14.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S., ABDUL RASHID, S. H., TAHA, Z. & WAZED, M. A. 2012. Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs[3]. Advanced Materials Research, 433-440, 1653-1659.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. Innovation and R&D Activities in Virtual Team[4]. European Journal of Scientific Research, 34, 297-307.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. Modified Stage-Gate: A Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development Process[5]. African Journal of Marketing Management, 1, 211-219.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review. Scientific Research and Essay, 4, 1575–1590.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. Virtual Teams for New Product Development – An Innovative Experience for R&D Engineers. European Journal of Educational Studies, 1, 109-123.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. Virtual Teams: a Literature Review. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3, 2653-2669.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2010. Critical Factors for New Product Developments in SMEs Virtual Team[6]. African Journal of Business Management, 4, 2247-2257.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2010. SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review International Journal of the Physical Sciences, 5, 916–930.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2010. Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs. African Journal of Business Management, 4, 2368-2379.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2011. Virtual R&D Teams: A potential growth of education-industry collaboration. Academic Leadership Journal, 9, 1-5.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2011. Virtual Teams and Management Challenges[7]. Academic Leadership Journal, 9, 1-7.
EBRAHIM, N. A., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2010. Critical Factors for New Product Developments in SMEs Virtual Team [8]. African Journal of Business Management, 4, 2247-2257.
EBRAHIM, N. A., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2010. SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review. International Journal of the Physical Sciences, 5, 916-930.
EBRAHIM, N. A., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2010. Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs. African Journal of Business Management, 4, 2368-2379.
JAFARNEJAD, A., GOLNAM, A. & ALE EBRAHIM, N. 2009. Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Iran: An Empirical Study Using Structural Equation Modelling. Middle East FORUM, 1, 71-85.
RAVAL, M. R. R., ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2010. WORK TOGETHER… WHEN APART CHALLENGES AND WHAT IS NEED FOR EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL TEAMS. Journal of Information, Knowledge and Research in Business Management and Administration, 1, 1-3.
SHOKOUHMAND, H. & ALE EBRAHIM, N. 1997. انتقال حرارت توأم با تقطير بخار آب در مبدلهاي لوله – پره اي نشریه دانشکده فنی, 1, 69-80.
WAZED, M. A., AHMED, S., NUKMAN, Y. & ALE EBRAHIM, N. 2012. Models for Component Commonality in Multistage Production. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 110-116, 258-266.
Conference Article
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S., ABDUL RASHID, S. H. & TAHA, Z. 2010. The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs. 11th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference 2010 (APIEMS 2010) December 7-10 2010 Melaka, Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: University of Malaya Press, 1-6.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S., ABDUL RASHID, S. H. & TAHA, Z. Virtual R&D Teams: A potential growth of education-industry collaboration. 2010 2nd International Congress on Engineering Education (ICEED 2010), 8th - 9th December 2010 Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 7-9.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S., ABDUL RASHID, S. H. & TAHA, Z. Virtual Teams: A New Opportunity to Develop a Business. International Conference on Entrepreneurship Across Boundaries, 5 - 6 AUGUST 2010 Section For Co-curricular Courses, External Faculty Electives and TITAS, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1-5.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S., ABDUL RASHID, S. H. & TAHA, Z. 2011. Knowledge Worker Role in the Virtual R&D Teams for New Product Development: A Measurement Model. International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Renewable Energy 2011 (ICMERE2011), 22- 24 December 2011 Chittagong, Bangladesh. Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, 1-5.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S., ABDUL RASHID, S. H. & TAHA, Z. 2011. Managing Communication in New Product Development Process: Virtual R&D Teams and Information Technology. United Kingdom - Malaysia - Ireland Engineering Science Conference 2011 (UMIES 2011) 12-14 July 2011 University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. University of Malaya Press, 495-502.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S., ABDUL RASHID, S. H., TAHA, Z. & MOHAMMADJAFARI, M. Process Construct in the Virtual R&D Teams. In: KACHITVICHYANUKUL, V., LUONG, H. T. & PITAKASO, R., eds. Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference 2012, December 2-4 2012 Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand. Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Society, 1822-1828.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S., ABDUL RASHID, S. H., TAHA, Z. & WAZED, M. A. 2011. Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs. In: THATCHER, S. & VENKATESH, eds. 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Technologies (MIMT 2011), February 26-28 2011 Hotel Royal, Singapore. Chengdu, China: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., V2-114 - V2-117.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Concurrent Collaboration in Research and Development. National Conference on Design and Concurrent Engineering (DECON) 2008, 28-29 October 2008 Melaka, Malaysia. 1-4.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2008. Dealing with Virtual R&D Teams in New Product Development. The 9th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference and the 11th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Foundation for Production Research, 3 - 5 December 2008 Nusa Dua, Bali - Indonesia. Printed in Bandung, INDONESIA, by Department of Industrial Engineering Institut Teknologi Bandung: Department of Industrial Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, 795-806.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2008. Establishing Virtual R&D Teams: Obliged Policy 6th IMC (International Management Conference). Tehran, Iran.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Literature, Principle and the basics of Network Value Creation in R&D: The relationship with economy. Seventh conference of Industries and Mines R&D Centers- R&D and Network Value Creation, 29-30 June 2008 IRIB Int'l. Conference Center, Tehran, Iran. 1-8.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2008. New Product Development in Virtual Environment. In: LI-HUA, R., EGBU, C., ZHAO, Z. & LU, L., eds. 2008 International Conference on Technology Management and Innovation in China: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, 21st – 23rd October 2008 UIBE, Beijing, China. CAMOT and MOTSC, UIBE, 203-218.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. R&D Networking and value Creation in SMEs R&D Networking and value Creation in SMEs. Seventh conference of Industries and Mines R&D Centers- R&D and Network Value Creation, 29-30 June 2008 IRIB Int'l. Conference Center, Tehran, Iran. 1-6.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Relationship between R&D Globalization and R&D Virtualization. 3rd International conference on Postgraduate Education (ICPE3), December 16-17 2008 Penang, Malaysia.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Virtual Environments Innovation and R&D Activities: Management Challenges. Proceedings of the International Graduate on Engineering and Science (IGCES'08), 23 - 24 December 2008 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. 116-124.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Virtual R&D Teams for NPD in SMEs: Past, Present and Future Trend. APCMOTTE2008 (Asia pacific Conference on Management of Technology and Technology Entrepreneurship) 29-30 October 2008 Melaka, Malaysia. 1-10.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Virtual R&D Teams: A Sustainable Infrastructure for Promoting SMEs. 2nd Engineering Conference (EnCon 2008), 18-19 December 2008 Crowne Plaza Riverside Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia 217-223.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. A Conceptual Model of Virtual Product Development Process. 2nd Seminar on Engineering and Information Technology, (SEIT 2009), 8th - 9th July 2009 Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. 191-196.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. SMEs and Virtual R&D Teams: A Motive Channel for Relationship between SMEs. In: IBRAHIM, F., CHOW, C.-O. & MEKHILEF, S., eds. The International Conference for Technical Postgraduates (TECHPOS 2009), 14-15 December 2009 The Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1-7.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. SMEs: ERP or Virtual Collaboration Teams. First Enterprise Resource Planning conference, January 27-28 2009 Tehran, Iran. 1-12.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Virtual R&D Teams: Innovation and Technology Facilitator Engineering Education in 2025, 11-12 May 2009 School of Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. University of Tehran, 1-14.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Virtual Teams and Management Challenges. 1st Executive MBA Conference, 18-19, May 2009 Tehran, Iran. 1-9.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. Virtual Teams for NPD – an Innovative Experience for R&D Engineers. International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 24-25, June 2009 Concorde Hotel, Shah Alam, Malaysia. University Publication Centre (UPENA), UiTM 2009, 1036-1045.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. Virtuality, innovation and R&D activities. In: HOON, T. B. & GALEA, S. R., eds. 14th International Conference on Thinking (2009 Malaysia) -Theme "Thinking Minds: Nurturing the Design of a Better Future", 22-26 June 2009 Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Universiti Putra Malaysia, 515-529.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Benefits and Pitfalls of Virtual R&D Teams: An Empirical Study. 6th International Communication & Information Technology Management Conference (ICTM 2010) February. 23-24 2010 Tehran, Iran. 1-5.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Envisages of New Product Developments in Small and Medium Enterprises through Virtual Team. International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM2010) January 9-10 2010 Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1-10.
ALE EBRAHIM, N., SHAFIA, M. A. & TAHBAZ TAVAKOLI, H. 2009. Virtual R&D team: Technology Transfer Facilitator. IAMOT 2009 -The 18th International Conference on Management of Technology, April 5-9 2009 Orlando, Florida, USA. 1-10.
EBRAHIM, N. A., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2008. New Product Development in Virtual Environment, Sunderland, Camot.
EBRAHIM, N. A., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2009. SMEs and Virtual R&D Teams: A Motive Channel for Relationship between SMEs, New York, Ieee.
SHAFIA, M. A., ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Consideration of the virtual team work and disabled citizens, as promising opportunity providers for the e government infrastructure's formation. The Second Conference on Electronic City (e-city 2009), 24-25, May 2009 Tehran, Iran. 959-966.
SHAFIA, M. A., ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. Innovation Process is Facilitated in Virtual Environment of R&D Teams. International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN09), 6th-8th July 2009 Barcelona, Spain. 2157-2166.
TAHBAZ TAVAKOLI, H., ALE EBRAHIM, N. & GOLNAM, A. Demystifying the Legend of Resistance to Change. IAMOT 2008 : 17th International Conference on Management of Technology 6th-10th April 2008 Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC), Dubai, UAE. 1-8.
Awards
1. December 2010, Second prize of the EPD 2010 challenge, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya 2. 19 March 2010, Winner of Thomson Reuters ResearcherID, Refer-a-Colleague Competition 3. 10 December 2005: Given recognition as selected researcher (attained second position) at the 2005 Selected Researchers Commemoration Ceremony conducted by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Deputy Directorate for Research, State Scientific Research Center; IRIB, Int’l Conference Center, Tehran, Iran 4. December 2002: Received commendation letter from the Acting Deputy Director for Planning, Development & Technology for making valuable achievements while serving with the Board of Directors of Specialized Association of Industries & Mines; Ministry of Industries & Mines, Tehran , Iran 5. March 2005: Received commendation letter from IDRO Chairman of the Managing Board for sincere services as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Toseé Khodro Car Company during the year 2004; Tehran , Iran 6. December 2002: Given recognition as the Exemplary R&D Unit at the Fourth Research Fair (being the director of the R&D Unit at Mega Motor Company); Tehran, Iran 7. January 2002: Received commendation letter from the Managing Director of Mega Motor Company for sincere services as Research Deputy Director; Mega Motor Company, Tehran ,Iran 8. 1995: Attained the first standing among the graduates of Master’s Degree curriculum in Mechanical Engineering ,Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 9. 1992: Attained the first standing among the graduates of Bachelor’s Degree curriculum in Mechanical Engineering; Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 10. August 1993: Received commendation letter for commissioning of controlled temperature rooms at Rafsanjan Pistachio Research Center – Ministry of Agriculture; Rafsanjan Pistachio Research Center, Iran 11. 28 September 2005: Invited to become a member of the Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicles Association
Peer-Review Activities
1. International Journal of Production Research (IJPR) - 2012 2. Technological Forecasting & Social Change (TFSC) - 2012 3. International Journal of Management and Business Studies (IJMBS) - 2012 4. Educational Research and Reviews – 2012 5. Journal of Universal Computing (JUCS) – 2012 6. The African Journal of Business Management (AJBM)- 2010-2012 7. Global Journal of Business, Management and Accounting - 2011 8. The African Journal of Marketing Management (AJMM) – 2011 9. International Journal of Engineering and Technology (IJET) – 2011 10. Advanced Science Letters – 2011 11. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology – 2011 12. Scientific Research and Essays – 2009-2012 13. Technological Forecasting & Social Change - 2011
Membership
1- A member of project entitled “Computerized Manufacturing Resources Planning Models and Solutions for Multiple End-Items Under Probabilistic Decision Rules (Electrical/Electronic Industry)”, 2008, University of Malaya, Malaysia 2- Paper & Proceedings Committee member of “United Kingdom - Malaysia - Ireland Engineering Science Conference 2011 (UMIES 2011)” , 2011 University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 3- Paper and Proceeding committee member of “11th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference 2010 (APIEMS 2010)”, 2010, Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 4- Scientific Secretariat of University of Malaya International Students’ Association (UMISA), 2008-2009 5- Member of International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT) (Member NO.: 80336546), since December 2009. 6- Member of International Technical and Scientific Association, SOCOLNET. Since November, 2009
Teaching Experiences
1. 2011-2013 “Publication Marketing Tools “Enhancing Research Visibility and Improving Citations””, UKM, UPM, UM, Malaysia 2. 2011-2013 “The Effective Use of Research Tools Box”, UKM, UPM, UM, Malaysia 3. 2010 “Research Tools and Resources”, UM, Malaysia 4. 2009-2013 “How to Conduct an Effective Literature Review”, UPM, UTM, UM, Malaysia 5. 2009-2013 “Research Tools I & II”, UiTM, UKM, UPM, UTM, UM, Malaysia 6. 2010-2013 “Target ISI Journals-HOW TO WRITE/PUBLISH ISI PAPERS”, UiTM, UKM, UPM, UM, Malaysia 7. 2010-2013 "How to increase H-Index", UTM, UKM, UM, Malaysia 8. 2009 "Managing Research Candidature" University of Malaya, Malaysia 9. 2008 “WITNESS simulation software”, Department of Engineering Design & Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, UM 10. October 4-8, 2004: Conducted IT Strategy Seminar; Dubai , UAE 11. July 10, 2004: Conducted seminar on “Application of IT in Market Research”; Rahbaran Petrochimie Company, Tehran, Iran 12. May 2004: Performed live radio program on “Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)”; Tehran, Iran 13. March 2004: IT course; National Iranian Steel Company, Tehran, Iran 14. November 2002: Conducted educational seminars on “Research & Development Management and Application of IT therein”; Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE 15. May 2003: Conducted educational seminars on “Research & Development Management and Application of IT therein”; Dubai, UAE 16. February 2004: Conducted educational seminars on “Research & Development Management and Application of IT therein”; Dubai, UAE 17. 16 August 2003: Conducted educational seminar on “IT in Industry, Current Challenges, Future Outlooks”; Mashhad, Iran 18. March 2003: Conducted educational seminars on “Application of IT in Marketing”; Tehran, Iran 19. February 2003: Conducted educational seminars on “Role of Information Technology in Industrial Development”; Tehran, Iran 20. July 2003: Conducted educational seminars on “Application of IT in Research & Development”; Tehran, Iran 21. May 2003: Conducted educational seminars on “Application of IT in Research & Development”; Kish, Iran 22. December 2002: Conducted educational seminars on “Application of IT in Research & Development”; Isfahan, Iran 23. July 2002: Conducted educational seminars on “Application of IT in Research & Development”; Tabriz, Iran 24. June 2002: Conducted educational seminars on “Application of IT in Research & Development”; Shiraz, Iran 25. 1997-1998: Conducted seminars on “ISO 9000 Quality Assurance System” 26. 1992-1993: Taught “Fluids Mechanics” and “Heat Transfer” courses to undergraduate students at university of Lavizan 27. 1992-1994: Co-instructor of “Fluids Mechanics” and “Heat Transfer” courses; Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran 28. Taught different computer courses: a. 1993-1994: Education Center; University of Tehran b. 1989-1993: Education Center; University of Tehran, Faculty of Engineering c. 1991-1992: Tehran Municipality’s Computer Education Center
^ALE EBRAHIM, N., AHMED, S. & TAHA, Z. 2010. Critical Factors for New Product Developments in SMEs Virtual Team. African Journal of Business Management, 4, 2247-2257.
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 potential for the growth of SMEs. Due to the fast-growing complexity of new products coupled with new emerging opportunities of virtual teams, a collaborative approach is believed to be the future trend. This research explores the effectiveness of virtuality in SMEs' virtual R&D teams. Online questionnaires were emailed to Malaysian manufacturing SMEs and 74 usable questionnaires were received, representing a 20.8 percent return rate. In order to avoid biases which may result from pre-suggested answers, a series of open-ended questions were retrieved from the experts. This study was focused on analyzing an open-ended question, whereby four main themes were extracted from the experts' recommendations regarding the effectiveness of virtual teams for the growth and performance of SMEs. The findings of this study would be useful to product design managers of SMEs in order to realize the key advantages and significance of virtual R&D teams during the new product development (NPD) process. This is turn, leads to increased effectiveness in new product development's procedure.
Keywords
Virtual Teams . New Product Development . Survey Finding . Small and Medium Enterprises
Language
English
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Calling those who work in virtual team environments! Please take this opportunity to reflect upon and share your experience with working virtually by responding to this survey. By responding to this “virtual work” survey you will be participating in cutting-edge research that fills an information void in the field. Your voice will help describe the importance and quality of relationships as well as what factors contribute to success in the virtual work world. Participation is voluntary and one may withdraw from the study at any time. Confidentiality of individual responses will be maintained, however those who participate in the survey are welcome to provide their email address so they may receive a copy of the Executive Summary. This study is being conducted by Carol Locher Ransone, a doctoral candidate in the Leadership and Change program at Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio. The results of this study will be used for her doctoral dissertation and possibly other future publications. If you have questions or would like further information about this study, please contact the researcher (Carol Locher Ransone) or Antioch University’s Leadership and Change Chair of the Institutional Review Board (Dr. Carolyn Kenny).
Göteborgs universitet. Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten University of Gothenburg. Faculty of Social Sciences
Institution:
Department of Psychology ; Psykologiska institutionen
Parts of work:
I. Elf, M., Skärsäter, I. & Krevers, B. (2011). “The web is not enough, it’s a base“ – an explorative study of what needs a web-based support system for young carers must meet. Informatics for Health and Social Care, 36(4), 206-219. VIEW ARTICLE
II. Elf, M., Rystedt, H., Lundin, J. & Krevers, B. (2012). Young carers as co-designers of a web-based support system - the views of two publics. Informatics for Health and Social Care, 37(4), 203–216. VIEW ARTICLE
III. Elf, M., Rystedt, H. & Krevers, B. (20XX). Handling user influence in participatory design – a grounded theory study of the internal work of a design team. Manuscript submitted for publication.
IV. Elf, M., Rystedt, H., Skärsäter, I. & Krevers, B. (20XX). A comparison of intended and real use of a research web health portal and its implementation. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Date of Defence:
2013-05-24
Disputation:
Fredagen den 24 maj 2013, kl 9.00, Sal F1, Psykologiska institutionen, Haraldsgatan 1.
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Publication type:
Doctoral thesis
Series/Report no.:
Doctoral Dissertation
Keywords:
Design process meta design online support participatory design public user involvement web-based health support young carer
Abstract:
The studies in this dissertation have their origin in the research project PS Young Support. This project aimed to develop and evaluate a web-based support system (WBSS) for young people living close to someone with mental illness. To make this support relevant, and to achieve legitimacy and trustworthiness it was found important to cooperate with prospective users in developing it through a participatory design (PD) process. The dissertation follows two lines of investigation. One of these rela... more
We all know open access journals like PLOS or BMC. But next to publishing in one of these there is another way to make your paper freely accessible – it’s called self archiving – the green route to open access!
But what exactly does self-archiving mean?
When you self-archive your article, you make it freely-accessible online, usually by placing it in a repository (institutional or subject-based) or on a personal server. Yet many authors miss this chance to improve their work’s visibility because they believe self-archiving is prohibited by the publisher. In most cases this assumption is false. Nearly 90% of journals allow authors to make versions of their papers accessible online – and as self-archiving gains momentum, this figure only continues to increase. Moreover, many publishers who do not yet openly allow for self-archiving will grant the author permission upon request. Sometimes authors mistake self-archiving with self-publishing and avoid it because they don’t want to be associated with the vanity press. But these two procedures are completely unrelated – self-archiving simply means increasing the availability of an already-published work. The integrity of the peer-review process and other quality control measures connected to publishing in a journal is maintained.
There are three main places to self-archive:
In an institutional repository:
Many universities or other research institutions host their own repositories for the preservation and dissemination of their intellectual output. Although many institutions have them, these repositories are frequently underutilized, often because of lack of funding.
In a subject-based repository:
More common is archiving in a subject-based repository. These repositories, such as PubMed Central or RePEc, restrict themselves to certain fields, where they are usually very prominent. Many are also long established – arXiv, for example, predates the world wide web.
On a personal homepage:
You can also place your work on your own website or server – ResearchGate profile pages, included in this category, are free of charge and can be set up here.
What are the restrictions for self-archiving?
According to publishers’ definitions, a paper can exist in three forms. The pre-print version is the version the author submits for peer-review. Once the article has been reviewed and the author has made any corresponding revisions, it becomes the post-print version. The publisher’s version is then the text after it has been copyedited, formatted and had all the reference links added. For online journals, this version might be quite different from the PDF of the same text if there are many links and interactive tables. As the author, you are often allowed to: Self-archive both pre-print and post-print versions, though sometimes only the pre-print version is allowed. If that is the case, you may attach a corrigenda so that the changes made during peer-reviewing accompany the work. Occasionally, you may even self-archive the publisher’s version. Which version you may use and the conditions for its release depend on the publisher’s policies. Legally, authors have all copyrights to their pre-print texts (unless they have specifically sold these and will receive royalties for them – this is not the case with peer-reviewed research, for which the author is paid nothing and there is no royalty revenue). While some journals forbid the self-archiving of a pre-print version – which is a matter of policy and not copyright – their numbers are rapidly declining. Restrictions on post-print and publisher’s versions are matters of copyright – the transfer of the rights are bound to these post peer-review versions. Yet over 60% of the journals do allow the post-print version to be self-archived. More may grant permission upon request.
Why self-archiving?
Self-archiving is a cost-free way to make your publications more visible. By improving access to your articles, you can help increase the citations your research receives and improve your position in the field. But self-archiving is not only for the benefit of the author – by making your work freely accessible, you give back to the field and aid new research. Indeed, this greater community benefit is the reason behind the recent mandates for public access that many funding bodies and institutions have established (including the NIH, Wellcome Trust and the UK Research Councils). More and more, open access is part of grant requirements, usually because public sources fund the projects and the managing institutions believe that the public deserves access to the research they helped facilitate.
Self-archiving over a ResearchGate profile page offers many advantages. The ResearchGate search engines will display your publications among their results and the ResearchGate semantic matching tool will recommended your articles to other users. These unique resources promote your work to the thousands of researchers who use the site daily. Additionally, publications archived on ResearchGate are easily found by Google and other external search engines, so they are still retrievable through more traditional means. Since the publications are linked to your personal profile, all traffic they attract will be directed over your site, which further improves the visibility both of you as a researcher and of your other projects.
Here is how you can self archive your papers:
Log in to your ResearchGate account. Find your paper with our Literature Search Engine. If you are allowed to upload your article, a note will appear (otherwise you will see nothing). Now, simply click on the green "upload fulltext" button. or Go to the Publication menu on your profile page. Import your publication and look for the note telling you that you may upload it (if you aren't allowed, no note will appear). After you have added the publication to your list, you can upload the corresponding full-text. Simply click on the green upload button.
A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases
Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus, Hadi Farhadi, Masood Fooladi, Maryam Farhadi, Nader Ale Ebrahim
Abstract
Nowadays, the world’s scientific community has been publishing an enormous number of papers in different scientific fields. In such environment, it is essential to know which databases are equally efficient and objective for literature searches. It seems that two most extensive databases are Web of Science and Scopus. Besides searching the literature, these two databases used to rank journals in terms of their productivity and the total citations received to indicate the journals impact, prestige or influence. This article attempts to provide a comprehensive comparison of these databases to answer frequent questions which researchers ask, such as: How Web of Science and Scopus are different? In which aspects these two databases are similar? Or, if the researchers are forced to choose one of them, which one should they prefer? For answering these questions, these two databases will be compared based on their qualitative and quantitative characteristics.
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Does Criticisms Overcome the Praises of Journal Impact Factor?
Masood Fooladi, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus, Maryam Farhadi, Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani, Hadi Farhadi, Nader Ale Ebrahim
Abstract
Journal impact factor (IF) as a gauge of influence and impact of a particular journal comparing with other journals in the same area of research, reports the mean number of citations to the published articles in particular journal. Although, IF attracts more attention and being used more frequently than other measures, it has been subjected to criticisms, which overcome the advantages of IF. Critically, extensive use of IF may result in destroying editorial and researchers’ behaviour, which could compromise the quality of scientific articles. Therefore, it is the time of the timeliness and importance of a new invention of journal ranking techniques beyond the journal impact factor.
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Research Support Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP), University of Malaya
April 27, 2013
Asian Social Science vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 176-182, April 2013.
Abstract: Journal impact factor (IF) as a gauge of influence and impact of a particular journal comparing with other journals in the same area ofresearch, reports the mean number of citations to the published articles in particular journal. Although, IF attracts more attention and being used more frequently than other measures, it has been subjected to criticisms, which overcome the advantages of IF. Critically, extensive use of IF may result in destroying editorial and researchers’ behaviour, which could compromise the quality of scientific articles. Therefore, it is the time of the timeliness and importance of a new invention ofjournal ranking techniques beyond the journal impact factor. Number of Pages in PDF File: 7 Keywords: Impact factor (IF), Journal ranking, Criticism, Praise, SCOPUS, Web of science, Self-citation JEL Classification: L1, L11, L7, M11, M12, M1, M54, Q1, O1, O3, Q31, Q32, P24, P42, P29, L17 Accepted Paper Series
Fooladi, Masood, Salehi, Hadi, Yunus, Melor Md, Farhadi, Maryam, Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo, Farhadi, Hadi and Ale Ebrahim, Nader, Does Criticisms Overcome the Praises of Journal Impact Factor? (April 27, 2013). Asian Social Science vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 176-182, April 2013.. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2257552
Research Support Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP), University of Malaya
April 7, 2013
Asian Social Science, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 18-26, April 27, 2013.
Abstract: Nowadays, the world’s scientific community has been publishing an enormous number of papers in different scientific fields. In such environment, it is essential to know which databases are equally efficient and objective for literature searches. It seems that two most extensive databases are Web of Science and Scopus. Besides searching the literature, these two databases used to rank journals in terms of their productivity and the total citations received to indicate the journals impact, prestige or influence. This article attempts to provide a comprehensive comparison of these databases to answer frequent questions which researchers ask, such as: How Web of Science and Scopus are different? In which aspects these two databases are similar? Or, if theresearchers are forced to choose one of them, which one should they prefer? For answering these questions, these two databases will be compared based on their qualitative and quantitative characteristics. Number of Pages in PDF File: 9 Keywords:web of science, scopus, database, citations, provenance, coverage, searching, citation tracking, impact factor, indexing, h-index, researcher profile, researcher ID JEL Classification: L1, L11, L7, M11, M12, M1, M54, Q1, O1, O3, Q31, Q32, P24, P42, P29, L17 Accepted Paper Series
Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo, Salehi, Hadi, Yunus, Melor Md, Farhadi, Hadi, Fooladi, Masood, Farhadi, Maryam and Ale Ebrahim, Nader, A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases (April 7, 2013). Asian Social Science, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 18-26, April 27, 2013.. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=
A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases
Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus, Hadi Farhadi, Masood Fooladi, Maryam Farhadi, Nader Ale Ebrahim,
Abstract
Nowadays, the world’s scientific community has been publishing an enormous number of papers in different scientific fields. In such environment, it is essential to know which databases are equally efficient and objective for literature searches. It seems that two most extensive databases are Web of Science and Scopus. Besides searching the literature, these two databases used to rank journals in terms of their productivity and the total citations received to indicate the journals impact, prestige or influence. This article attempts to provide a comprehensive comparison of these databases to answer frequent questions which researchers ask, such as: How Web of Science and Scopus are different? In which aspects these two databases are similar? Or, if the researchers are forced to choose one of them, which one should they prefer? For answering these questions, these two databases will be compared based on their qualitative and quantitative characteristics.
Suggested Citation
Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus, Hadi Farhadi, Masood Fooladi, Maryam Farhadi, and Nader Ale Ebrahim. "A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases" Asian Social Science 9.5 (2013): 18-26. Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aleebrahim/70
Does Criticisms Overcome the Praises of Journal Impact Factor?
Masood Fooladi, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus, Maryam Farhadi, Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani, Hadi Farhadi, Nader Ale Ebrahim, University of Malaya
Abstract
Journal impact factor (IF) as a gauge of influence and impact of a particular journal comparing with other journals in the same area of research, reports the mean number of citations to the published articles in particular journal. Although, IF attracts more attention and being used more frequently than other measures, it has been subjected to criticisms, which overcome the advantages of IF. Critically, extensive use of IF may result in destroying editorial and researchers’ behaviour, which could compromise the quality of scientific articles. Therefore, it is the time of the timeliness and importance of a new invention of journal ranking techniques beyond the journal impact factor.
Suggested Citation
Masood Fooladi, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus, Maryam Farhadi, Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani, Hadi Farhadi, and Nader Ale Ebrahim. "Does Criticisms Overcome the Praises of Journal Impact Factor?" Asian Social Science 9.5 (2013): 176-182. Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aleebrahim/69
Does Criticisms Overcome the Praises of Journal Impact Factor?
Masood Fooladi, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus, Maryam Farhadi, Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani, Hadi Farhadi, Nader Ale Ebrahim
Abstract
Journal impact factor (IF) as a gauge of influence and impact of a particular journal comparing with other journals in the same area of research, reports the mean number of citations to the published articles in particular journal. Although, IF attracts more attention and being used more frequently than other measures, it has been subjected to criticisms, which overcome the advantages of IF. Critically, extensive use of IF may result in destroying editorial and researchers’ behaviour, which could compromise the quality of scientific articles. Therefore, it is the time of the timeliness and importance of a new invention of journal ranking techniques beyond the journal impact factor.
Dealing with Virtual R&D Teams in New Product Development| Show Abstract | Download | The 9th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference and the 11th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Foundation for Production Research, December 3-5, 2008, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia Accepted Paper Series
Ale Ebrahim, Nader
Research Support Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP), University of Malaya
Process Construct in the Virtual R&D Teams| Show Abstract | Download | in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference (APIEMS 2012), Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand, 2012, pp. 1822-1828, December 2012 Accepted Paper Series
Ale Ebrahim, Nader
Research Support Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP), University of Malaya
Z. Kartika Ekasari, S. Ali M. Saleh, Kamaruzaman Jusoff, Darmawan Salman, Akhsan Akhsan, Andi Kasirang, Muhammad Arsyad, Amrawaty A. Amidah, Letty Fudjaja
Nasiibah Ramli, Zinatul A. Zainol, Junaidi Abdul Aziz, Hasani Mohd. Ali, Jady Hassim, Wan Mohd. Hirwani Wan Hussein, Ruzian Markom, Wan Siti Adibah Wan Dahalan, Noor Inayah Yaakob
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A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases
Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus, Hadi Farhadi, Masood Fooladi, Maryam Farhadi, Nader Ale Ebrahim
Abstract
Nowadays, the world’s scientific community has been publishing an enormous number of papers in different scientific fields. In such environment, it is essential to know which databases are equally efficient and objective for literature searches. It seems that two most extensive databases are Web of Science and Scopus. Besides searching the literature, these two databases used to rank journals in terms of their productivity and the total citations received to indicate the journals impact, prestige or influence. This article attempts to provide a comprehensive comparison of these databases to answer frequent questions which researchers ask, such as: How Web of Science and Scopus are different? In which aspects these two databases are similar? Or, if the researchers are forced to choose one of them, which one should they prefer? For answering these questions, these two databases will be compared based on their qualitative and quantitative characteristics.
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Nader Ale Ebrahim, Ali Ghazizadeh, Arash Golnam and Hamid Tahbaz Tavakoli MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Abstract: Research and Development (R&D) management in Iran has faced many barriers and obstacles, in which R&D units are considered as the basic core of the product development and innovation. Due to structural shortcomings, a great number of organizations and industries have not yet been able to position themselves in the market. There are about 1141 R&D units throughout Iran, due to the geographical decentralization of these units this paper considers and analyzes the R&D case study in one of the provinces located in the north part of Iran, and the findings can be generalized to the other industrialized areas and zones in Iran. In this province, there are about 2504 industrial units of which there are only 44 R&D units certified by the state government. However, there is limited number of these R&D units that are extensively active. This paper also addresses the current status in respect with the R&D activities to find out why little attention has been paid to these activities in the industrial units. Considering the opportunities and challenges of these R&D units reveals that there is a need to activate these units so that they can quickly respond to changes in the market. Finally, a few alternative solutions and improvement plans are proposed, in which the Iranian R&D Society is responsible for supporting and fostering these action plans towards the organization goals. The research methodology was based on a previous field research conducted in Hamedan province, and after the analysis of the research results, a model for the efficiency of R&D units will be presented. Keywords:R&D management; R&D Society; Innovation; Industrial sectors (search for similar items in EconPapers) JEL-codes:O1M11M1M54O32P42O3L1 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Date: 2007, Revised 2007 References:View complete reference list from CitEc CitationsTrack citations by RSS feed Downloads: (external link) http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/27899/ original version (application/pdf) Related works: This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title. Export reference:BibTeXRIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link:http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:27899 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Address: Schackstr. 4, D-80539 Munich, Germany Contact information at EDIRC. Series data maintained by Ekkehart Schlicht (schlicht@lmu.de). EconPapers: R&D Management in Iran, Opportunities and Threats
Nader Ale Ebrahim, Hamaid Ali Fattahi and Arash Golnam MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Abstract: Virtualization caused tremendous evolution in the economics of marketing channels, patterns of physical distribution and the structure of distributors and developed a new concept that is known as virtual marketing (VM). VM combines the powerful technologies of interactive marketing and virtual reality. Virtual enterprise (VE) refers to an organization not having a clear physical locus. In other words, VE is an organization distributed geographically and whose work is coordinated through electronic communications." It should be mentioned that here VE encompasses all other similar phrases like Virtual company, virtual corporation, etc. One of the greatest challenges facing business owners and managers – both for traditional and virtual organizations- is finding a way to cost−effectively communicate frequently and consistently with their target markets; and the virtual marketing perform this function at the best possible. In this paper, we focus on the concept of “Virtual marketing in virtual enterprises”. Keywords:virtuality; Virtual marketing; virtual enterprise (search for similar items in EconPapers) JEL-codes:O1M31M3L17P42 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Date: 2008-01 References:View complete reference list from CitEc CitationsTrack citations by RSS feed Downloads: (external link) http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/27811/ original version (application/pdf) Related works: This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title. Export reference:BibTeXRIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link:http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:27811 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Address: Schackstr. 4, D-80539 Munich, Germany Contact information at EDIRC. Series data maintained by Ekkehart Schlicht (schlicht@lmu.de). EconPapers: Virtual marketing in virtual enterprises
Does Criticisms Overcome the Praises of Journal ImpactFactor? - Masood Fooladi, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus , Maryam Farhadi, Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo, Hadi Farhadi, Nader Ale Ebrahim, Nader Journal impactfactor (IF) as a gauge of influence and impact of a particular journal comparing with other journals in the same area of research, reports the mean number of citations to the published articles in particular journal. Although, IF attracts more attention and being used more frequently than other measures, it has been subjected to criticisms, which overcome the advantages of IF. Critically, extensive use of IF may result in destroying editorial and researchers’ behaviour, which co... Keywords:Impact factor (IF); Journal ranking; Criticism; Praise; SCOPUS; Web of science; Self-citation Internet Archive Search: subject:"Impact factor (IF)"
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