Publication detail

The role of R & D spending in medium-sized firms

BOČKOVÁ, N. MELUZÍN, T. POLÁČEK, T.

Original Title

The role of R & D spending in medium-sized firms

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Studies on the impact of R&D expenditure in small and medium-sized companies have experienced a rapid growth over the last several years. This paper aims to examine the impact of R&D investments on operating revenue growth by medium size Czech companies in the NACE Category 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. The paper uses the results of a questionnaire survey as the primary data source and the Amadeus database as a secondary data source. The statistical sample includes panel data of 51 medium businesses with R&D investments. The authors’ finding is that R&D investments generally have a positive effect on operating revenue growth. The authors found a statistically significant difference between turnover in 2014 and 2016 at a level of significance of α = 0.05. There is no statistically significant difference between domestic and foreign-owned businesses in changes in turnover in the short term. However, the authors did find a significant difference between the operating revenue per employee of domestic businesses and businesses with foreign equity.

Keywords

Manufacture of machinery and equipment, R&D investments, Operating revenue, t-Test, SMEs

Authors

BOČKOVÁ, N.; MELUZÍN, T.; POLÁČEK, T.

Released

16. 7. 2018

Publisher

Mendel University in Brno

Location

Brno

ISBN

9788075095619

Book

21st Annual International Conference ENTERPRISE AND COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT

Pages from

103

Pages to

110

Pages count

8

URL

http://ece.mendelu.cz/previous-conferences.

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT148798,
  author="Nina {Bočková} and Tomáš {Meluzín} and Tomáš {Poláček}",
  title="The role of R & D spending in medium-sized firms",
  booktitle="21st Annual International Conference ENTERPRISE AND COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT",
  year="2018",
  pages="103--110",
  publisher="Mendel University in Brno",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="9788075095619",
  url="http://ece.mendelu.cz/previous-conferences."
}