The Relationship Between R&D Investment and Firm Profitability Under a Three-Stage Sigmoid Curve Model: Evidence From an Emerging Economy

• Published in: IEEE transactions on engineering management Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 103 - 117
• Main Authors: Yang, Kuo-Pin, Chiao, Yu-Ching, Kuo, Chih-Chung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.02.2010; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Biological system modeling; Correlation analysis; Economics; Emerging markets; Financing; Foundations; Governments; Industries; Investment; Investments; Low level; Manufacturing; Nonlinearity; Optimal level; Portfolios; Profitability; R&D; Research & development; Research & development expenditures; research and development (R&D); sigmoid (S) curve; Studies; Technological innovation; threshold; Taiwan

The relationship between investment in research and development (R&D) and firm performance has been the subject of numerous academic investigations, but the findings of these investigations have varied greatly, with research revealing a number of different patterns in the R&D-performance rel...