{"product_id":"9783954894505","title":"Does research pay?","description":"In order to develop or protect competitive advantages, companies, besides other initiatives, increasingly invest more and more in research and development (R\u0026amp;D) to foster innovation and dynamic capabilities. Consequently, discussions about the effectiveness and benefit of R\u0026amp;D expenditure have become popular in the recent years.\u003cbr\u003eThis paper is dealing with the topic \"Does research pay? An analysis of R\u0026amp;D expenditure and economic performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)\". It was written in the second semester on the module of \"Research Methods\" to obtain a Master of Business Administration. In the first part, the theoretical basis for innovation management, calculation of benefit, evaluation methods of R\u0026amp;D initiatives in companies are given. The second part presents a quantitative analysis of the efficacy of R\u0026amp;D expenditure and economic performance of SME based on a data set produced from the Statistisches Bundesamt Germany by using MS Excel and the programming language \"R\". Finally, this assignment provides a summary, an outlook, and a recommendation for further research.","brand":"Anchor Academic Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056418734320,"sku":"9783954894505","price":43.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/334545182.jpg?v=1761053234","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783954894505","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}