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The effects of R&D investment on firm performance
Beld, Bart (2014) The effects of R&D investment on firm performance.
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Abstract: | This study studies the effects of R&D investment on firm performance. Firm performance is measured in financial performance and market-based performance. Among (formerly) publicly listed companies from the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg data is used. Extra attention is paid to manufacturing companies in comparison with the non-manufacturing companies. The financial firm performance is positively affected by R&D investments. Significant results are found for the financial performance, the Return on Assets. The findings of the price-to-book ratio are significant. Differences for manufacturing and non-manufacturing companies are insgnificant with the used data and not consistent over the financial and market-based performances. |
Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
Subject: | 85 business administration, organizational science |
Programme: | International Business Administration BSc (50952) |
Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/66303 |
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