Direct and Indirect Effects of R&D Activity on the Profitability of Firms

A. St-Pierre and Petr Hanel ()

Working Papers from Quebec a Montreal - C.R.E.D.I.T.

Abstract: An empirical study of a cross-section sample of 302 firms for the COMPUSTAT II detabase. It explores the relationship between a firm's profitability and other variables, notably its own R&D capital and information and productivity spillovers of R&D executed by other firms.

Keywords: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ENTERPRISES; PRODUCTIVITY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L21 L22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 1996
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