Une analyse de R&D industrielle de longue période: le cas de l'industrie informatique

Christian Genthon ()
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Christian Genthon: LEPII - Laboratoire d'Economie de la Production et de l'Intégration Internationale - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This article takes another look at the theme of the relations between innovation, profitability and size from a long-term analysis (18 years from 1983 to 2000) of the computer industry. The industrial dynamics of the industry induces us to hypothesize that a change into the industrial organisation has taken place during the period. The empirical analysis is realised from a proprietary database built upon the sixty first firms of the sector. It is shown that no relation exist between R&D spending and size of the firm. It is also shown that the same occurs between R&D spending and profitability. On the other hand, the relation between profit and size is more complex: it depends on the time period studied and so on the industrial organisation of the industry.

Keywords: research and development; computer industry; industrial organisation; firms dimension; recherche et développement; industrie informatique; organisation industrielle; taille de l'entreprise; dynamique industrielle; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Published in Innovations - Revue d’économie et de management de l'innovation, 2007, 25, pp.69-84

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