Essays about: "R D spending"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 23 essays containing the words R D spending.

  1. 6. Innovative performance and bankruptcy risk in Swedish private firms

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Anna Hedensiö; Michaela Jungner; [2021]
    Keywords : Bankruptcy prediction; Innovation; R D spending; Patents; Innovative efficiency;

    Abstract : This study examines how innovative performance impacts the probability of bankruptcy. We use three different measures of innovative performance with the aim of capturing the intensity of innovative input, the quantity of innovative output as well as the innovative efficiency. READ MORE

  3. 7. Overcoming the Valley of Death: An industrial case study of barriers and enablers when using the Technology Readiness Level scale

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

    Author : Linnea Håkansson; Johanna Wendesten; [2020]
    Keywords : Innovation Management; Technology Readiness Level; Technology Innovation; Internal Technology Transfer; Process Framework; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : An innovation process should take an idea all the way from research to the market. However, this is a long process in which many barriers can appear. For this thesis, a case study has been conducted, at a large Swedish industrial manufacturing company, with the purpose to examine their material innovation process. READ MORE

  4. 8. Option trading and firm innovation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Gustav Lundberg; Leon Nagy; [2019-07-02]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : We investigate whether active derivatives markets stimulates or inhibits firm innovation within R&D- intense industries. This is done by estimating the relationship between the volume on the option written on the firm’s stock and established measures of firm innovation. READ MORE

  5. 9. Decision making and company performance - During a turbulent time period

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : August Raiend; Erik Svedberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Company Performance; CEO-Remuneration; Agency Theory; Short-Termism; Long-Termism; Decision Making; Resilience.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines short- and long-term decision making, CEO-remuneration and its effects on company performance measured as return on assets during a time-period containing market up- and downturns with regards to company resilience. We examined this in a Swedish context by looking at listed companies on the Stockholm stock exchange during the period 2004 to 2014. READ MORE

  6. 10. Innovation and Performance of Companies with a Legacy of Risk Capital Funding: A Swedish Perspective

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Mikaela Bååt; Ingrid Andelid Hjort; [2018-08-01]
    Keywords : Innovation; risk capital; venture capital; private equity; stock price; profitability; business performance; R D spending; Sweden;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate how R&D investments affect public companies that was backed by risk capital in their early stage. In our research, we investigate whether firms with prior risk capital involvement can better manage investments in R&D and if this effect is observable on a business performance level. READ MORE