Essays about: "Business R D expenditure"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 17 essays containing the words Business R D expenditure.

  1. 11. CEO? Or More Like RiskEO? : A Cross-Sectional Study of CEO Characteristics and Firm Risk-Taking

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Peter Gustafsson; Eda Uysal; [2018]
    Keywords : CEO characteristics; Upper Echelon Theory; Risk-taking; Agency Theory; Prospect Theory; Swedish market;

    Abstract : Risk is something intrinsic to business, and something firms are exposed to on a daily basis. This means that there exists a great deal of pressure on the Top Management of a firm to successfully navigate the different risks to which they are exposed. READ MORE

  3. 12. R&D tax incentives : Do R&D tax incentives stimulate innovations and economic growth? Evidence of OECD countries

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Hanna Spinova; [2018]
    Keywords : R D tax incentives; direct funding for business R D; market failure; spillover effect; patent; public support; innovation; innovative activity;

    Abstract : This study investigates the impact of tax incentives on the firms’ innovative activity and economic growth by using sample of 28 OECD countries. The study using panel data analysis and applies fixed effect OLS models. READ MORE

  4. 13. What determines innovation in the manufacturing sector at the private firm level? Evidence from China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Esam Elsheikh; [2015]
    Keywords : Innovation; China; private firms; manufacturing sector; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The objective of this study is to explore the determinant of innovation in the manufacturing sector at the private firm level in china. The data comes from the World Bank survey, China - Enterprise Survey Manufacturing Module (2012). In this paper, I used the broad definition of innovation that includes product and process innovation. READ MORE

  5. 14. Innovation Proxy - A study of patent and economic growth in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Andreas Nilsson; [2013]
    Keywords : China; Innovations; Panel data; Patents; Patent classes; Proxy.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Innovation is considered one of the most important drivers for economic growth but measuring innovation is complex and abstract. To measure innovation, it is common to use proxies such as patent and R&D expenditure. READ MORE

  6. 15. An analysis of the interaction between R&D expenditure in industry and industry growth in Sweden 1987-2007

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Nilsson; [2010]
    Keywords : endogenous growth; ‘Swedish paradox’; panel-data analysis; Swedish manufacturing; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis disaggregates the ‘Swedish paradox’ with respect to Swedish manufacturing from 1987 to 2007. This is done by analyzing the impact of R&D expenditure in industry on industry growth of the manufacturing industry in Sweden from 1987 to 2007. READ MORE