Virtual Teams and its application in New Product Development, R&D and SMEs
Nader Ale Ebrahim, Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya
Abstract
A comprehensive definition of virtual teams may be taken as: small temporary groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed knowledge workers who coordinate their work, predominantly with electronic information and communication technologies in order to accomplish one or more organization tasks (Ale Ebrahim et al., 2009). Nowadays, this definition have gained popularity as found in Wikipedia (wikipedia, 2011). Virtual R&D team is a kind of virtual team that concentrate on the R&D tasks and projects (Ale Ebrahim et al., 2011).
Suggested Citation
Nader Ale Ebrahim. Virtual Teams and its application in New Product Development, R&D and SMEs (1 ed). Kuala Lumpur: Academic Collaboration Centre for Publication Promotion, 2013. Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aleebrahim/71
h-index retrieved by citation indexes (Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science) is used to measure the scientific performance and the research impact studies based on the number of publications and citations of a scientist. It also is easily available and may be used for performance measures of scientists, and for recruitment decisions. The aim of this study is to investigate the difference between the outputs and results from these three citation databases namely Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science based upon the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers (Nobel Prize winner scientist). The purposive sampling method was adopted to collect the required data. The results showed that there is a significant difference in the h-index between three citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science; the Google scholar h-index was more than the h-index in two other databases. It was also concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between h-indices based on Google scholar and Scopus. The citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science may be useful for evaluating h-index of scientists but they have some limitations as well.
Comments:
5 pages, 5 figures and 2 tables
Subjects:
Digital Libraries (cs.DL); Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
MSC classes:
97B10
ACM classes:
H.2.2
Journal reference:
Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 7(4), 198-202. March 2013
h-index retrieved by citation indexes (Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science) is used to measure the scientific performance and the research impact studies based on the number of publications and citations of a scientist. It also is easily available and may be used for performance measures of scientists, and for recruitment decisions. The aim of this study is to investigate the difference between the outputs and results from these three citation databases namely Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science based upon the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers (Nobel Prize winner scientist). The purposive sampling method was adopted to collect the required data. The results showed that there is a significant difference in the h-index between three citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science; the Google scholar h-index was more than the h-index in two other databases. It was also concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between h-indices based on Google scholar and Scopus. The citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science may be useful for evaluating h-index of scientists but they have some limitations as well.
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h-index retrieved by citation indexes (Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science) is used to measure the scientific performance and the research impact studies based on the number of publications and citations of a scientist. It also is easily available and may be used for performance measures of scientists, and for recruitment decisions. The aim of this study is to investigate the difference between the outputs and results from these three citation databases namely Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science based upon the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers (Nobel Prize winner scientist). The purposive sampling method was adopted to collect the required data. The results showed that there is a significant difference in the h-index between three citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science; the Google scholar h-index was more than the h-index in two other databases. It was also concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between h-indices based on Google scholar and Scopus. The citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science may be useful for evaluating h-index of scientists but they have some limitations as well.
Record created 2013-06-05, last modified 2013-06-05
New Product Development and Design for Mass Customization using House of Quality Template
Hairulliza Mohamad Judi and Ng Kim Boon Corresponding Author:Hairulliza Mohamad Judi
Key words: House of quality, mass customization, new product, new design, template, , Vol. 6 , (02): 228-238
Submitted
Accepted
Published
June 30, 2012
August 08, 2012
June 10, 2013
Abstract:
This study aims to explain a House of Quality (HoQ)-based approach that integrate technical needs and customer requirements as a useful procedure in mass customization and to demonstrate a HoQ template prototype, for the purpose of managing product design and development activities efficiently. HoQ is a procedure to determine the characteristics of new product development that combines technical requirements and customer desires. In the current mass customization era, this is a useful practice in providing tremendous variety and individual customization, at competitive prices. Among the problems faced in product development is the lack of information and communication technology (ICT) application to manage the technical needs and customer requirements so that the acceptability of the products can be maximised and customer requirements could be fulfilled. The implementation of ICT in product design and development activities are required to ensure smooth running of these activities. This study employs systems development life cycle methodology in developing HoQ template application. The application was tested to evaluate the reliability and usability of the system. The House of Quality Template prototype was proposed to ensure new product design and development activities are managed properly. The prototype was tested using two software quality dimensions, namely usability and application environment. The responses from a group of users show that the application performs the deliberate function properly. This study seeks to find solution and help industry to increase the efficiency of new product design and development activities especially in mass customization paradigm.
Hairulliza Mohamad Judi and Ng Kim Boon, 2013. New Product Development and Design for Mass Customization using House of Quality Template. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 6(02): 228-238.
h-index retrieved by citation indexes (Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science) is used to measure the scientific performance and the research impact studies based on the number of publications and citations of a scientist. It also is easily available and may be used for performance measures of scientists, and for recruitment decisions. The aim of this study is to investigate the difference between the outputs and results from these three citation databases namely Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science based upon the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers (Nobel Prize winner scientist). The purposive sampling method was adopted to collect the required data. The results showed that there is a significant difference in the h-index between three citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science; the Google scholar h-index was more than the h-index in two other databases. It was also concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between h-indices based on Google scholar and Scopus. The citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science may be useful for evaluating h-index of scientists but they have some limitations as well.
Comments:
5 pages, 5 figures and 2 tables
Subjects:
Digital Libraries (cs.DL); Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
MSC classes:
97B10
ACM classes:
H.2.2
Journal reference:
Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 7(4), 198-202. March 2013
h-index retrieved by citation indexes (Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science) is used to measure the scientific performance and the research impact studies based on the number of publications and citations of a scientist. It also is easily available and may be used for performance measures of scientists, and for recruitment decisions. The aim of this study is to investigate the difference between the outputs and results from these three citation databases namely Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science based upon the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers (Nobel Prize winner scientist). The purposive sampling method was adopted to collect the required data. The results showed that there is a significant difference in the h-index between three citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science; the Google scholar h-index was more than the h-index in two other databases. It was also concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between h-indices based on Google scholar and Scopus. The citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science may be useful for evaluating h-index of scientists but they have some limitations as well.
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Course Title : One Day Course on The Effective Use of Research Tools Box and Resources Date : 22 June 2013 (Saturday) Time : 8.30 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. Venue : Wisma R&D,Universiti Malaya (UM) Speaker : Dr. Nader Ale Ebrahim Registration Fee : RM150 Medium : English http://www.postgraduateworkshop.com/researchtoolbox
Course Title : One Day Course on Publication Marketing Tools "Enhancing Research Visibility and Improving Citations" Date : 6 July 2013 (Saturday) Time : 8.30 a.m. - 5.30 p.m. Venue : Wisma R&D,Universiti Malaya (UM) Speaker : Dr. Nader Ale Ebrahim Registration Fee : RM150 Medium : English http://www.postgraduateworkshop.com/publicationmarketing
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One Day Course on Publication Marketing Tools “Enhancing Research Visibility and Improving Citations
Date
:
6 July 2013 (Saturday)
Venue
:
Wisma R&D Universiti Malaya
Time
:
8.30am – 5:30pm
Speaker
:
Dr. Nader Ale Ebrahim
Fee
:
RM150
Medium
:
English
1. Introduction Publishing a high quality paper in scientific journals will be a halfway of receiving citation in the future. The rest of the way is advertising and disseminating the publications by using the proper “Research Tools”. Familiarity with the tools allows the researcher to increase his/her h-index in the short time. H-index shows the academicians influences in the specified field of research. Therefore, a person with higher levels of h-index has higher quality publications with high amount of citations.
The number of citations has over 32% share in academic ranking. Therefore, most of the scientists are looking for a method to increase their citation record. Nader developed and introduced a method for increasing the visibility of the research which directly effects on the number of citations. The following examples for two researchers are proving that publication marketing is working well. Both researchers have used the “Publication Marketing Tools” since the beginning of 2012.
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. 2. Objective The workshop seeks to serve the following objectives:
• To increase your paper's visibility, accessibility,
• To improve the quality of the article title and keywords
• To evaluate Journal measuring factors (like: Journal Impact Factor, Immediacy Index, Cited Half Life, five Year Journal Impact Factor) before article submission.
• To search and analyze the right journal to submit.
• To disseminate the publications by using “Research Tools” in order to increase citation
• To trace the citation
3. Who should attend? The workshop is aimed at professors, lecturers, postgraduate students, researchers who have published some papers and would like to increase their paper’s visibility and number of citations. The “publication marketing tools” learned from the workshop is useful across various research disciplines and research institutions. Participants should be familiar to use scientific databases and reference management software and definitely requisite computer skills prior to taking the workshop. 4. Tentative program
Time
Activity
8:30am
Registration
9:00am
Why publish and increase h-index?
9:15am
Times Higher Education World University Ranking system
9:30am
What the others have done?
9:45am
Definition of h-index and g-index and How to measure h-index?
10:00am
How to use “Research Tools” Mind Map
10:30am
Tea break 1
11:00am
Optimizing Your Article for Search Engines
11:15am
Selecting keywords
11:30am
Optimize Title/Abstract
11:45am
Target Suitable Journal
12:15pm
Types of publications and citations
12:30pm
Lunch break
2:00pm
Strategies to increase citations
2:30pm
Targeted advertising
2:45pm
Copyright issue
3:10pm
Online CV.
3:15pm
Select the best paper repository
3:30pm
Tea break 2
4:00pm
Document Publishing
4:30pm
Networking
5:00pm
Trace published article citation
5:30pm
Q&A and closing
Speaker Biodata
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Nader Ale Ebrahim has a PhD degree from the University of Malaya. He has over 19 years experience in the technology management and new product development in different companies. Nader is active in sharing his research finding by conducting a series of workshops in UM, UiTM, UKM, UPM, MMU, IIUM and UTM. Nader developed a new method about using the “Research Tools” which help students who seek to reduce the search time by expanding the knowledge of researchers to more effectively use the "tools" that are available through the Net. He awarded as a Winner of Refer-a-Colleague Competition and received prizes from Thomson Reuters. Nader is well-known as the founder of “Research Tools” Box and developer of “Publication Marketing Tools”.
Registration fees cover refreshments and lunch. All fees must be fully paid before commencement of the course; otherwise participant will not be allowed to enter the lecture hall. Reservation/booking by fax or email of intending participants is acceptable with payment being forwarded before the closing date. If a place is reserved and the intended participants failed to attend the course on the date of the event the fee is to be settled in full. Completed registration form accompanied by evidence of payment slip should reach the organizer not later than 3 July 2013.
The fee paid is non-refundable. However substitution of participant(s) will be permitted. In view of the limited places available, intending participants are advised to send their registration as early as possible so as to avoid disappointment. The organizer reserves the right to alter or change the programme due to unforeseen circumstances. Every effort will be made to inform the registered participants of any changes.
If you require further details or clarifications kindly contact the organizer:
Lakukan pembayaran berjumlah RM150 ke salah satu akaun dibawah menggunakan kaedah Fund Transfer atau ATM TransferatauCash Deposit:
Bank
No. Akaun
Pemilik Akaun
CIMB
12370002003102
MPWS Rich Training
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Pastikan anda melakukan pengesahan terhadap pembayaran anda. Anda perlu mengirimkan butiran tempahan anda serta bukti pembayaran anda kepada pihak kami untuk membolehkan kami mengesan pembelian anda dan juga menghantar produk yang ditempah.
RM10 from each participant fee will be donate to Charity (click here)
One Day Course on The Effective Use of Research Tools and Resource
Date
:
22 June 2013 (Saturday)
Venue
:
Wisma R&D Universiti Malaya
Time
:
8.30am – 5:30pm
Speaker
:
Dr. Nader Ale Ebrahim
Fee
:
RM150
Medium
:
English
1. Introduction The search can be time consuming and sometimes tedious task. How can make it easier? How do deal with situations such as:
“I just join as new postgraduate students and I am not sure how to do a literature search”
“I have been in research for some time now but I spend a lot of time to get the articles I want”
“I am sure I have downloaded the article but I am not able to find it”
“I wanted to write a new paper, how can I manage the references in the shortest possible time?”
“I have many references, some of my old papers, and some of my current research. Sometimes, they are so many that I can’t recall where I have kept them in my folders!”
“I have written an article and I am not able to find a proper Journal”
"I want to increase the citation of my papers, how do I do?"
We need an effective search strategy can save hours of wasted research time and provide a clear direction for your research. The benefits of attending this workshop are numerous and include learning how to change the direction of searching to discover and how to use more efficient the tools that are available through the Net.
2. Objective The workshop seeks to serve the following objectives:
To help students who seek to reduce the search time by expanding the knowledge of researchers to more effectively use the "tools" that are available through the Net.*
To evaluate the types of literature that researchers will encounter.
To convert the information on the search for a written document.
To help researchers learn how to search and analyze the right journal to submit.
To promote their publication for further citation.
* For more information on this workshop, see the Research Tools web page. These two session workshops in one day, aim to help research students in order to reduce research time by developing researcher knowledge to use more effectively the “Tools” which are available through the net. Research Tools is the skill to understand and use information technology tools to carry out research, including the use of discipline-related software and online resources. The online “Research Tools” box is included over 700 tools. However, the speaker tries to introduce all necessary tools to postgraduate students in a simple and applicable way. 3. Who should attend? The workshop is aimed at postgraduate students, young academics and researchers who have started his/her research and would like to increase the effectiveness of the research. The e-skills learned from the workshop are useful across various research disciplines and research institutions. Participants should have the requisite computer skills prior to taking the workshop. 4. Tentative program
Time
Activity
8:30am
Registration
9:00am
Introduce “Research Tools” Box
9:15am
Developing a search strategy, Finding keyword
9:30am
Finding proper articles,
9:45am
Evaluate a paper/journal quality
10:00am
To do an effective literature search
10:30am
Tea break 1
11:00am
Keeping up-to-date (Alert system)
11:15am
Mind mapping tools
11:30am
The paraphrasing & editing tool
11:45am
Indexing desktop search tool
12:30pm
Lunch break
2:00pm
Avoid plagiarism
2:30pm
Organize the references (Reference management) tool
2:45pm
Target suitable journal
3:10pm
The impact factor-Journal ranking
3:15pm
Getting published
3:30pm
Tea break 2
4:00pm
Promote your publication to get more citation
4:30pm
H-index importance
5:00pm
Document-publishing tools
5:30pm
Q&A and closing
Speaker Biodata
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Nader Ale Ebrahim has a PhD degree from the University of Malaya. He has over 19 years experience in the technology management and new product development in different companies. Nader is active in sharing his research finding by conducting a series of workshops in UM, UiTM, UKM, UPM, MMU, IIUM and UTM. Nader developed a new method about using the “Research Tools” which help students who seek to reduce the search time by expanding the knowledge of researchers to more effectively use the "tools" that are available through the Net. He awarded as a Winner of Refer-a-Colleague Competition and received prizes from Thomson Reuters. Nader is well-known as the founder of “Research Tools” Box and developer of “Publication Marketing Tools”.
Registration fees cover refreshments and lunch. All fees must be fully paid before commencement of the course; otherwise participant will not be allowed to enter the lecture hall. Reservation/booking by fax or email of intending participants is acceptable with payment being forwarded before the closing date. If a place is reserved and the intended participants failed to attend the course on the date of the event the fee is to be settled in full. Completed registration form accompanied by evidence of payment slip should reach the organizer not later than 19 June 2013.
The fee paid is non-refundable. However substitution of participant(s) will be permitted. In view of the limited places available, intending participants are advised to send their registration as early as possible so as to avoid disappointment. The organizer reserves the right to alter or change the programme due to unforeseen circumstances. Every effort will be made to inform the registered participants of any changes.
If you require further details or clarifications kindly contact the organizer:
Lakukan pembayaran berjumlah RM150 ke salah satu akaun dibawah menggunakan kaedah Fund Transfer atau ATM TransferatauCash Deposit:
Bank
No. Akaun
Pemilik Akaun
CIMB
12370002003102
MPWS Rich Training
*Anda perlu meletakkan email mpws.training@gmail.comsebagai 3rd party email jika membuat pembayaran melalui Maybank2u/ CIMB Clicks/BankIslam.biz dan lain-lain. PENTING:Pastikan anda sentiasa menyimpan rekod transaksi (resit jika cash deposit) atau print screen / pdf print butiran transaksi untuk rujukan dikemudian hari.
ARAHAN:Jika anda menggunakan Perbankan Online (Fund Transfer), COPY butiran transaksi anda untuk dikirimkan kepada kami.
Pastikan anda melakukan pengesahan terhadap pembayaran anda. Anda perlu mengirimkan butiran tempahan anda serta bukti pembayaran anda kepada pihak kami untuk membolehkan kami mengesan pembelian anda dan juga menghantar produk yang ditempah.
RM10 from each participant fee will be donate to Charity (click here)
Journal of Information, Knowledge and Research in Business Management and Administration, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-3, October 2010
Abstract: Increasingly competitive global markets and accelerating technological changes have increased the need for people to contact via electronic medium to have daily updates, the people those who could not able to meet face to face every day. Those who contact via electronic medium i.e. Virtual Team, are having number of benefit but to achieve these potential benefits, however, leaders need to overcome liabilities inherent in the lack of direct contact among team members and managers. Team members may not naturally know how to interact effectively across space and time. By this paper author try to throw some lights on the challenges that virtual team faces and try to elaborate what is needed for Virtual Team. Number of Pages in PDF File: 3 Keywords: Team, Virtual Team JEL Classification: M54, Q32, M19, L10, L20 Accepted Paper Series
Raval, R. R., Ale Ebrahim, Nader, Ahmed, Shamsuddin and Taha, Zahari, Work Together...When Apart Challenges and What is Need for Effective Virtual Teams (September 22, 2010). Journal of Information, Knowledge and Research in Business Management and Administration, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-3, October 2010 . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1680850
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 better understanding of the application of collaborative technologies in business, to find the effective factors ...
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. From literature review, the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams are identified and these factors are ...
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Journal: Mechatronics, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 132-144, 2011
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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 better understanding of the application of collaborative technologies in business, to find the effective factors ...
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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 potential for SMEs growth. Due to the fast growing complexity of the ...
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 better understanding of the application of collaborative technologies in business, to find the effective factors ...
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. From literature review, the factors which influence the effectiveness of virtual teams are identified and these factors are ...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are considered as an engine for economic growth all over the world and especially for developing countries. During the past decade, new product development (NPD) has increasingly been recognized as a critical factor in ensuring the continued survival of SMEs. On the other hand, the rapid rate of market and technological changes has accelerated in ...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are considered as an engine for economic growth all over the world and especially for developing countries. During the past decade, new product development (NPD) has increasingly been recognized as a critical factor in ensuring the continued survival of SMEs. On the other hand, the rapid rate of market and technological changes has accelerated in ...
This paper explores potential advantages of using virtual teams for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a comprehensive review on various aspects of virtual teams. Based on the standing of the pertinent literatures, attempt has been made to study the aspects by online survey method in Iran and Malaysia. In both countries, SMEs play an important role in their ...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are indeed the engines of global economic growth. Their continued growth is a major subject for the economy and employment of any country. Towards that end, virtual research and development (R&D) could be a viable option to sustain and ease the operations of SMEs. However, literature shows there has not been a ...
Increasingly competitive global markets and accelerating technological changes have increased the need for people to contact via electronic medium to have daily updates, the people those who could not able to meet face to face every day. Those who contact via electronic medium i.e. Virtual Team, are having number of benefit but to achieve these potential benefits, however, leaders ...
This paper explores potential advantages and barriers of virtual teams toward making an interrelation between small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) with a comprehensive review on different aspects of virtual teams in SMEs based on authentic and reputed publications. The purpose of the state-of-the-art literature review is to provide an overview of what is known about the ...
Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at the regional and national level. In the competitive environment companies are obliged to produce more rapidly, more effectively and more efficiently in new product development, which is a result of research and development (R&D) activities. It is necessary for them to put together different capabilities and services with the ...
The effect of job organization factors on job satisfaction was examined in two automotive industries in Malaysia. The information was collected from 170 male subjects with the mean age and work experience of 26.8±5.3 years and 6.5±4.9 years, respectively. The results showed that the job satisfaction was significantly related to job organization factors. The potential applications ...
In the competitive market , virtual teams represent a growing response to the need for fasting time-to- market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Virtual teams enable organizations to pool the talents and expertise of employees and non-employees by eliminating time and space barriers . Nowadays, companies are heavily investing in virtual team to enhance their performance ...
New interaction tools such as internet allow companies to gain valuable input from research and development (R&D) engineers via virtual teams. Consequently, engineers also get more expertise in diminutive timeframes. Virtual R&D teams present the key impetus to the technology acquisition process. The present knowledge-economy era is characterized by short product life-cycles. Virtual R&...
This paper explores potential advantages and barriers of virtual teams toward making an interrelation between small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) with a comprehensive review on different aspects of virtual teams in SMEs based on authentic and reputed publications. The purpose of the state-of-the-art literature review is to provide an overview of what is known about the ...
Brain Computer Interface (BCI) is system that established a direct connection between the human brain and computer thus providing an additional communication channel. Nowadays, they are used in a broad filed of application. In the current application, a SSVEP is used to control a robotic hand through a BCI system. This paper present the preliminary results from two subjects which ...
A study was conducted to investigate the effect of light assembly task on upper limb muscles (biceps brachii and upper trapezius) and brain activities. The task was conducted in two levels of time pressure (No time-stress and time-stress levels). Each task was done for one hour experiment. Surface electromyography (SEMG) measured upper limb muscle activities from six subjects. ...
A study was conducted to investigate the effect of upper limb muscles during repetitive task consisted of three hand-arm directions: 30°, 90°, and 150°. The aims of this study were to investigate muscle activity during repetitive task, to compare muscle activity between genders and to determine the correlation between muscles and time. Biceps brachii, anterior deltoid, and upper trapezius ...
Innovation is becoming the most important key issue for company's success in the 21st century. In the competitive environment it is necessary for the enterprises to put together different capabilities and services with the goal. It is widely accepted that innovation can be better achieved by working in team particularly in the virtual environments. The employed web services technology, ...
The Information area has revolutionized the workplace. Douglas Kruse, a professor of human resources and the director of the program for disability research at Rutgers University, states that 7% of employed persons with disabilities work 20 hours or more a week from home. While some modern countries have established “virtual teams”, which are said to be comprised of people who ...
Effect of work design factors which emphasis on job characteristics, environmental and organization factors on job satisfaction were examined in two manufacturing companies in Malaysia. One hundred and seventy male subjects with the mean age of 26.8 years and mean work experience of 6.5 years were involved. The potential applications of these methods developed namely questionnaire design, data ...
In today’s dynamic marketplace, manufacturing companies are under strong pressure to introduce new products for long-term survival with their competitors. Nevertheless, every company cannot cope up progressively or immediately with the market requirements due to knowledge dynamics being experienced in the competitive milieu. Increased competition and reduced product life cycles put force upon companies to develop new products faster. ...
Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at regional and national level. In the competitive environment companies are obliged to produce more rapidly, more effectively and more efficiently in new product development which is a result of research and development (R&D) activities. It is necessary for them to put together different capabilities and services with the goal, ...
New interaction tools such as internet allows companies to gain valuable input from research and development (R&D) engineers via virtual teams. Consequently engineers also get more expertise in diminutive timeframes. Virtual R&D teams present the key impetus to the technology acquisition process. The present knowledge-economy era is characterized by short product life-cycles. Virtual R&...
In today’s dynamic marketplace, companies are under strong pressure to introduce new products for long-term survival with their competitors. Besides, every company cannot cope up progressively or immediately with the market requirements due to knowledge dynamics being experienced in competitive milieu. Increased competition and reduced product life cycles put force upon companies to develop new products faster. In response ...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in generating employment and supporting trade, they face numerous challenges, the prominent among them are the need to respond to fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Towards that end, research and development (R & D) ...
New product development (NPD) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) virtual team has not been systematically investigated in developing countries. Literatures have shown no significant differences between traditional NPD and virtual NPD in general. New product development especially for SMEs virtual team are somewhat lacking in the literature and constitute a research gap. This paper aims to bridge this ...
This research presents a fuzzy controller technique in navigation with obstacle avoidance for a general pur- pose mobile robot in a given global environment with image processing technique using Open Source Com- puter Vision (OpenCV) library on Visual C++. Fuzzy Logic is used to control the navigation of the robot towards the goal while avoiding obstacles along the way by ...
Integration is the essence of current research and development (R&D) activity in many organizations. Integration can be established in various ways depending on the type, size and intricacy in organizational functions and products. Nevertheless, research and development (R&D) has become an inevitable function in most manufacturing companies in order to develop their own product niches for ...
National and global collaboration in research and development (R&D) is becoming increasingly important in creating the knowledge that makes research and business more competitive. Multinational enterprises have increased their research and development (R&D) investment in different countries. These multiple sites encourage the development of more ideas, due to the varied international backgrounds in global networks and ...
The internationalization of R&D network is a recent phenomenon. In this knowledge based environment, the driving forces for this phenomenon are digitization, the internet, and high-speed data networks that are keys to address many of the operational issues from design to logistics and distribution. From the other direction to surviving in the highly competitive industry, requires strategies ...
Purpose - The literature on the topic has evolved exponentially since eight years ago. Relaying on a review of studies published in recent years, this article proposes and discusses a framework which incorporates a set of virtual teams involved in a new product development initiative. Design/methodology/approach A range of academic and practitioner literature related to virtual teams and virtual ...
In a global and technology oriented world the requirements that products and services have to fulfill are increasing and are getting more complicated. Research and development (R&D) is becoming increasingly important in creating the knowledge that makes research and business more competitive. Companies are obliged to produce more rapidly, more effectively and more efficiently. In order to meet ...
The globalization of Research and Development (R&D) is not a recent phenomenon. Since the1960s, for various reasons, companies have been performing some kind of R&D activities outside their home countries. The pressure of globalization competition force producers to continuously innovate and upgrade the quality of existing products. The mega trends like globalization and high demand fluctuation ...
It’s a widely accepted that innovation is better achieved by working in team. Virtual teams are formed to facilitate transnational innovation processes. Virtual collaborative working environments are able to enhance the enterprises competitiveness. ICT has brought about significant changes in organizations and produced important benefits, including in the areas of innovation which is recognized as a prime source of national ...
Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at regional and national level. In the competitive environment companies are obliged to produce more rapidly, more effectively and more efficiently in new product development which is a result of research and development (R&D) activities. It is necessary for them to put together different capabilities and services with the goal, ...
In the competitive market, virtual teams represent a growing response to the need for fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Virtual teams enable organizations to pool the talents and expertise of employees and non-employees by eliminating time and space barriers. Nowadays, companies are heavily investing in virtual team to enhance their performance ...
Research and development functions are fundamental drivers of value creation in technology-based Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs) seemingly successful R&D is a function of innovation processes and R&D networks. There is a perceived lack of understanding regarding the importance of SMEs and their need to continuously enhance their technological capabilities for the purpose of establishing ...
Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at regional and national level. In the competitive environment companies are obliged to produce more rapidly, more effectively and more efficiently in new product development which is a result of research and development (R&D) activities. It is necessary for them to put together different capabilities and services with the goal, ...
Worms constitute a major source of Internet delay. A new worm is capable of replicating itself to vulnerable systems in a very short time, and infecting thousands of computers across the Internet before human response. A new worm floods the internet and halts most Internet related services, which spoils Internet economy. Therefore, detecting new worms is considered crucial and should ...
Natural gas is an alternative to gasoline as a fuel for automotive engines. The combustion of natural gas produces mainly water and CO2 and significantly less CO and UHC emissions. In many cases, CNG vehicles generate fewer exhaust and greenhouse gas emissions than their gasoline or diesel-powered counterparts. While it is clean burning and in plentiful supply with a ...
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to present a generic model on using the total productive maintenance (TPM) concept in conjunction with ecology oriented manufacturing (EOM) and 5S focusing on their joint strengths in attaining organizational goals in furtherance to the equipment maintenance objectives. Design/methodology/approach – A systematic implementation-framework coupled with the standard tools, techniques and practices ...
Data and model of grip strength is crucial in designing hand tools. Hand tools design that properly fit the user will help reduce carpal tunnel syndrome and cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) in tasks that involve gripping in manual handling. The primary objective of this study is to obtain grip strength data and develop models to predict of grip strength of ...
Applications of systems like total quality management (TQM), total productive maintenance (TPM) and just-in-time (JIT) have been studied mainly in large industries with little attention being paid to small and medium industries (SMIs) in developing countries. This paper discusses the state of implementation of TPM in SMIs and the effects of lack of productive maintenance. The main hypothesis ...
This paper describes the initial development of a computer based Rapid Prototyping Design Advice System. The system is intended to assist the designer or project manager, particularly those in small and medium sized companies, in planning the prototyping stage of product development. It provides the user with an efficient and user friendly development aid which uses information obtained from the ...
This paper presents a new approach to using neural networks in process control. In this approach the network is used to obtain a mapping of a process inputs to its outputs. Control parameters of a conventional controller such as a PI controller is extracted from this mapping. Simulation examples of a water bath temperature system and miniature industrial furnace system ...
The research and development of automotive vehicle has always been influenced by the availability and the form of fuel. The oil reserves are depleting by the day. This will affect the automotive designs, research and development. particularly, the engine and transmission, fuel storage and the vehicle body. For passenger car, either an alternative fuel need to be sought and utilised ...
The selection process of a suitable machine tool among the increased number of alternatives has been an important issue for manufacturing companies for years. This is because the improper selection of a machine tool may cause many problems that will affect the overall performance. In this paper, a decision support system (DSS) is presented to select the best alternative machine ...
The purpose of the present research was to build a simple model for cutting tool wear monitoring during the machining process. In addition, by this model a prediction of cutting tool wear for a variety of different cutting speeds and feed rates should be possible. Therefore, the vibration was measured by an accelerometer, and cutting force was measured by a ...
In this paper, a new approach to predict cutting tool wear using Learning Vector Quantization (LVQ) Neural Network in the turning operation is presented. The input features were derived from the measurement of cutting forces and accelerometer signal during machining process. Four input features were applied to the Learning Vector Quantization Neural Network to predict a wear state of light, ...
In respond to new market requirements and competitive positioning of manufacturing companies and in order to provide cost effective, high performance products, there is a need for reconfigurable manufacturing systems with a view of introducing new manufacturing technologies. However one of the problems faced is how to select the alternative machines that are consistent with manufacturing goals. In this paper ...
Sepaktakraw is a traditional game played at international level in Asia. The game is played by using various parts of the body except the hands. Most notably the head is very often used. But unlike soccer, no study has been done on injuries caused by contact between the ball and the head. The balls are typically made of plastic. Recently ...
In the game of sepaktakraw the players often use the head to control the ball at high speeds. Recently a new type of ball was introduced which is still made of plastic but impregnated with rubber. The reason for this is to reduce the impact of the ball on the head. However it was found that the new ball was ...
198 202 H. Farhadi, H. Salehi, M. M. Yunus, A. Aghaei Chadegani, M. Farhadi, M. Fooladi, and N. Ale Ebrahim, “Does it Matter Which Citation Tool is Used to Compare the h-index of a Group of Highly Cited Researchers?,” Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 198-202, March, 2013. Keywords:h-index; Scopus; Google Scholar; Web of Science; Nobel Prize; Physics; Chemistry; Economic Sciences
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