The Impact of R&D Expenditures on Corporate Performance: Evidence from Slovenian and World R&D Companies

Dejan Ravšelj and Aleksander Aristovnik
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Dejan Ravšelj: Faculty of Public Administration, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-20

Abstract: Research and development (R&D) investment is widely recognised as one of the crucial elements of generating the competitive advantage of contemporary companies. At the same time, it is also considered to represent one of the key determinants of overall sustainable development. Global competition, which is becoming increasingly harsh and forces companies to provide value-added products, processes and services, constitutes a reason why R&D investment is indispensable in contemporary business operations as they facilitate keeping the companies’ position in the market in terms of their competitiveness. The main aim of this paper is therefore to examine the impact of R&D expenditures on corporate performance. Using a multiple regression analysis, two different panel datasets covering Slovenian and world R&D companies are analysed. This gives a unique opportunity to obtain comprehensive and interesting findings, representing the main originality and value of the paper. The empirical results reveal that R&D expenditures are not effective in the short-term period and bring certain benefits in the long-term period. The findings of this paper provide several important theoretical and practical implications.

Keywords: R&D expenditures; operating performance; market performance; multiple regression analysis; Slovenia; OECD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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