BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: R&D
- research and development
Additional Resources
- Upgrading R&D in a Downturn
- Cutting research costs across the board in a recession isn't smart. Companies should use R&D as an opportunity to make themselves more competitive. As the global economic downturn spurs companies to slash costs, many senior executives are intensely scrutinizing research-and-development budgets. In fact, R&D...
- Articles 2009-05-15
- Overseas R&D Activities And Home Productivity Growth: Evidence From Japanese Firm-Level Data
- This paper investigates the impact of overseas subsidiaries' R&D (Research & Development) activities on the productivity growth of parent firms using-level panel data for Japanese multinational enterprises. This paper distinguishes between overseas R&D for the utilization and acquisition of foreign advanced knowledge, or innovation R&D, and overseas R&D for the...
- White papers 2007-03-05
- Brief: Nokia getting rid of 220 employees in Japan working on R&D, brings total to 550
- Just last week we reported that Nokia will be cutting 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark, jobs in the company's R&D department. Today Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has announced that they're letting go of 220 more R&D employees, this time in Japan: Nokia reduces R&D operations in Japan Tokyo, Japan –...
- News items 2009-11-24
- Growing R&D Collaboration Of Japanese Firms And Policy Implications For Reforming National Innovation System
- Japan's innovation system is often characterized as one dominated by in-house R&D by large firms, but recently, more and more firms are involved in R&D collaborations due to the vigorous international innovation competitions and the increasing complexity of R&D. This paper examines the role of SMEs in this such change,...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Pfizer Will Close Some R&D Sites, Cut Jobs
- This isn't surprising. Now that its acquistion of Wyeth is complete, the big drugmaker will "significantly reduce" R&D in various locations, and an undisclosed number of jobs will be gone (here's the press release). Various functions will be moved from Collegeville, Pa; Pearl River, NY; and St. Louis to other...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Research And Development: How The "D" Got Into R&D
- Research and Development (R&D) is a central component of official definitions of science. R&D includes more than just research, however. Over two-thirds of R&D expenditures are actually devoted to development. When, how and by whose decision did development come to be part of our definition of research? What was the...
- White papers 2005-09-14
- R&D Tax Policy And Firm Dynamics
- Empirical studies have documented the cost effectiveness of the R&D (Research & Development) tax credit policy implemented in the US since 1981. However those studies fail to take into account the effect of R&D decisions on firms' evolution over time. A dynamic general equilibrium model of R&D is constructed with...
- White papers 2007-02-12
- A Structural Empirical Model Of R&D, Firm Heterogeneity And Industry Evolution
- This paper develops and estimates a structural model of R&D (Research & Development) investment and productivity evolution of manufacturing plants in the Korean electric motor industry from 1991 to 1996. Plant-level decisions for R&D investment, physical capital investment, entry, and exit are developed using an equilibrium industry evolution model. Estimates...
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Do Managers' Heuristics Affect R&D Performance Volatility?
- R&D performance volatility plays a critical role in various industries. Prior work in the innovation and product development literature has examined the factors influencing various dimensions of R&D performance. However, still little is known about the volatility of R&D output over time at the firm level. This paper uses a...
- White papers 2006-02-12
- Explaining The Short-And Long-Term IPO Anomalies By R&D
- Financial scholars who research the initial underpricing and long-term underperformance of IPOs Initial Public Offering generally attribute these phenomena to information asymmetry and investors' misevaluations. Here, the authors identified a widespread source of information asymmetry and valuation uncertainty - the R&D activities of issuers - and document that these activities...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Relation Of Firm Size To R&D Productivity
- Many studies have shown that small firms generate more patents per R&D dollar than large firms. Does this mean that small firms are more efficient innovators than large firms? This paper exploits a unique data set to reexamine the firm size-innovation relationship. Because firm-reported R&D expenditures may be a biased...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- European Productivity Gaps: Is R&D The Solution?
- This paper investigates the potential impact of increased business R&D (Research & Development) efforts in Europe on the total factor productivity gap between European and U.S. industry. The paper addresses Europe's ambition, expressed at the 2000 Lisbon Summit to become "The most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world",...
- White papers 2005-09-20
- Pharma's New Worldview: Transforming R&d Through Emerging Markets
- Like other industries, big Pharma has grown comfortable with certain offshore capabilities, such as manufacturing. But because they consider R&D such a defining capability, pharma companies have generally been hesitant to move R&D activities outside the firm - much less offshore. Squeezed by shareholder and payer demands, these companies are...
- White papers 2006-09-01
- R&D Times Two
- Mergers and acquisitions often require companies to combine R&D functions. Some recent mergers provide models for other manufacturers. While all departments of merging companies must blend and integrate, R&D face unique challenges and opportunities. In fact, some R&D executives believe a merger or acquisition is the time to actually exploit...
- White papers 2001-05-07
- Portfolio Management of R&D Projects: Implications for Innovation Management
- Globalization of markets and new business practices are prompting high-tech firms to reconsider their competitive strategy. The increasing complexity of technologies in addition to shorter product life cycles is also forcing firms to rely on R&D as a source of strategy. More importantly, firms are inclined to evaluate their technologies...
- White papers 2000-08-16
- A Model of R&D Valuation and the Design of Research Incentives
- This article develops a real options model of R&D valuation, which takes into account the uncertainty in the quality of the research output, the time and cost to completion, and the market demand for the R&D output. The model is then applied to study the problem of pharmaceutical under-investment in...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Collaborative Knowledge Networks: Accelerating Pharmaceutical R&D in the New Millennium
- Pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) is the underlying source of the biggest share of profits and organization value. This paper introduces a solution: Collaborative Knowledge Networks CKN can enhance R&D productivity in the pharmaceutical industry. It is a comprehensive approach to improve R&D efficiency, speed of innovation and, as a...
- White papers 2003-12-30
- Critical Success Factors in R&D Project Management in Military Systems Acquisition and a Suggested R&D Project Selection Methodology for Turkish Armed Forces
- Turkish Armed Forces have developed a military systems acquisition strategy based on local R&D work. The first objective of this study is to determine critical success factors R&D project management in the military system acquisition Turkish Armed Forces TAF as seen from the perspectives different stakeholders of the national defense...
- White papers 2003-09-04
- R&D In Multidisciplinary And Cross-Organizational Environments: Multisectoral Networks For Innovation
- R&D (Research & Development) projects can be viewed as idiosyncratic experiences, and the characteristics of people, organizational cultures and communication networks strongly influence the type of management that can lead to excellence and desired level of productivity in each case. Managing R&D is a complex task, whose success depends upon...
- White papers 2005-05-13
- Global Location Patterns Of R&D Investments
- This paper concerns offshore R&D (Research &Development) investments, focusing mainly on large multinational companies within the industrialized world. What do we know about offshore R&D activities regarding trends, scope and destinations, driving forces and constraints? What do we know about consequences for the R&D investing company, as well as for...
- White papers 2006-04-01
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