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Liberalization, Firm Size and R&D Performance : A Firm Level Study of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry

Pradhan, Jaya Prakash - 2009

In the present paper, it is attempted to empirically verify the impact of economic liberalization on the R&D behaviour of Indian pharmaceutical firms controlling for the effects of several firm specific characteristics including firm size. The results from the Tobit analysis for a sample of...

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Knowledge Sourcing and Firm Performance in an Industrializing Economy : The Case of Taiwan (1992-2003)

Chang, Chia-Lin - 2009

policies encouraging innovation implemented from 1991 onwards paid off in the second half of the 1990s, with innovation driving … firm sales. In traditional industries, the effect of innovation can be interpreted as an effort to catch up with the global … specialization for Taiwan - which was largely enabled by the aforementioned innovation policies …

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The Impact of Intellectual Capital on International Business – An Analysis of Investments in Intellectual Capital & Export Performance

Kavida, V. - 2010

International Business is understood as commercial activity which transcends borders. In the era of Globalization, the distinction between domestic business and international business has become insignificant. Most of the domestic firms go international due to some ‘proactive/reactive' factors...

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What Does Matter in R&D Decentralization : Financial Performance Worry or Intensive Earnings Management?

Dhaoui, Abderrazak - 2010

This paper examines whether R&D decentralization influences performance. It examines also the impact of this decentralization on earnings management. To specify what does matter in the decentralization of the R&D we try to examine the relationship between centralization or decentralization of...

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R&D Investments and Firm Performance : An Empirical Investigation of the High Technology Sector (Software and Hardware) in the E.U

Pantagakis, Emmanouil - 2014

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship among research and development expenses (R&D), market value and firm performance. Additionally, what is also questioned is, whether the relationship between R&D and market value of the firm is linear.Design/methodology/approach...

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Narrative Disclosure and Earnings Performance : Evidence from R&D Disclosures

Merkley, Kenneth J. - 2014

This paper examines how earnings performance relates to firms' narrative R&D disclosure decisions. The unique nature of R&D investments and financial statements' limited ability to communicate the value of such investments highlight the role of narrative disclosure as a supplement to the...

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MNCs’ Strategy in R&D : The Effect of the Decentralization on the Performance and on the Earnings Management

Dhaoui, Abderrazak - 2010

This paper studies the relationship between R&D decentralization and financial performance. It examines also the impact of this decentralization on earnings management. To specify what does matter in the decentralization of the R&D we try to examine the relationship between centralization or...

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R&D Strategy, Performance and Earnings Management

Abderrazak, Dhaoui - 2010

The current paper studies the determinants of R&D strategy and analyzes the effects of R&D decentralization on financial performance and earnings management. We use a sample of 160 U.S. Multinational companies (MNCs) between 2001 and 2006. Our results provide evidence that MNCs decentralize...

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The Power of Prediction : Predictive Analytics, Workplace Complements, and Business Performance

Brynjolfsson, Erik; Jin, Wang; McElheran, Kristina - 2021

Anecdotes abound suggesting that the use of predictive analytics boosts firm performance. However, large-scale representative data on this phenomenon have been lacking. Working with the Census Bureau, we surveyed over 30,000 American manufacturing establishments on their use of predictive...

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Prioritizing IT Management Issues and Business Performance

Klaus, J. Philipp; Kim, Kevin; Masli, Adi; Guerra, Katia; … - 2022

We use a novel dataset extracted from the Society of Information Management’s (SIM) survey of chief information officers (CIOs) and top information technology (IT) executives to examine organizations’ most critical IT management issues during 2014-2017 and their effect on firm profitability....

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